Teen’s death investigated as homicide following initial autopsy results: sheriff’s office

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an 18-year-old as a homicide following preliminary autopsy results, according to a Dec. 16 sheriff’s office press release.

The sheriff’s office said Joseph Rose was found dead on Friday, Dec. 12, around 3:39 p.m. in a creek on Gilbert B Crook Road in Candler.

He was reported as missing to the Asheville Police Department on Dec. 2, according to the press release…

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