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Free-spirited teen Joseph Rose went missing in Asheville, North Carolina, on November 24, 2025. His family, friends, and police looked for the 18-year-old for weeks. Their search came to a heartbreaking end on December 12. Deputies from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call about a body in a creek near Gilbert B. Crook Road in Candler. They positively identified the body as Joseph Rose, but details surrounding the young man’s death remain unclear. His family wants to know what happened and why investigators didn’t find him when he was still alive.
Emily Ivory Rose, Joseph Rose’s sister, told WLOS she’s clueless about what happened to her brother. The family reportedly filed a missing person’s report on December 2…