The body of a Howell man reported missing earlier this month has been found, according to the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office.
Police said that Jerry Spaulding, 85, was last seen on July 5 around 9:40 p.m. leaving his home in Oceola Township on Argentine Road near Brophy Road, with officials searching for him last week.
A caller told police that they found a body at Brophy and Botsford Road in Oceola Township, with deputies finding Spaulding’s body in a swampy area near Neff Lake. They say he appeared to be stuck in knee-high mud, a little over half a mile away from the caller’s residence…