(KFVS/WKYT) – Kentucky State Police are conducting a death investigation after the body of a Tennessee man was discovered on the bank of the Cumberland River in Lyon County, Kentucky, on Monday afternoon.
According to KSP, detectives were called to the scene on McKinney Road in Kuttawa just after 2 p.m. on March 30. They identified the individual as 37-year-old Darrion M. Young of Nashville.
Young was previously the subject of a missing person investigation after KSP found a vehicle associated with him more than two weeks ago on the shoulder of the Interstate 24 Cumberland River bridge.
At that time, KSP was unable to find anyone in or around the vehicle.
KSP contacted the Metro Nashville Police Department in Tennessee, requesting an officer to try to make contact with the registered owner at an address in Nashville. However, MNPD found a deceased female at the home.
After further investigation, KSP and the MNPD Homicide Unit were able to identify Young as a murder suspect. He is also believed to have been driving the vehicle that was found by KSP on the I-24 Cumberland River bridge on March 13.
No foul play suspected in the death of Young. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday, April 1.
The investigation is ongoing.