By Jeremy D. Wells
Carter County Times
A body found in a vacant Olive Hill home over the weekend has been identified after being sent to the medical examiner’s office in Frankfort for identification and to determine cause of death, according to reports from local and state police and the Carter County Coroner.
Olive Hill police chief Bruce Palmer confirmed that a body had been found on Saturday, in a vacant home on Santa Claus Lane. However, Palmer said, the Olive Hill PD handed the case over to the Kentucky State Police (KSP) for investigation.
“We let KSP work the case, and we are supplementing it, as we believe it may be in reference to a missing persons case KSP already has open,” Palmer said in a text communication with the Times on Sunday.
County Coroner William Waddell also confirmed that his office had transported the remains to Frankfort for autopsy.
Trooper Shane Goodall, public affairs officer for Post 14, confirmed KSP was working the case and identified the individual on Tuesday morning as Orvil Roark. Roark was last seen in September and reported missing on November 3, 2021.
“Due to severe stages of decomposition, the body was transported to Frankfort for an autopsy,” Goodall said.
“There is no foul play suspected,” he added, but the case remains under investigation.
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