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Missing McKenzie Man Found Dead

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Maurice Falls, 50, of 31 St. Johns Cemetery Lane, McKenzie was found dead in a farm pond on Renfroe Road on Thursday by the landowner.
According to Sheriff Andy Dickson, on Sunday, May 3, 2020, 8:32 a.m., the family reported Mr. Falls as missing. The Sheriff’s Department placed the information in the national database to alert other law enforcement agencies in case they ran his license number on the blue Mustang.
Dickson said the family thought he was possibly headed to Milan to buy a new cell phone. They had deputies search the area of the home and had the THP helicopter to also search. The cell phone company also was asked to give the whereabouts of his cell phone. Bank records were checked to see if any activity was occurring, which was determined it was not.

Falls had some medical issues, said the sheriff.
A landowner on Renfroe Road was on a four-wheeler checking his farmland when he noticed the Mustang stuck in his field, near the pond. The landowner drove around the vehicle and saw Mr. Falls’ body in the pond. Carroll County Rescue Squad was called to the scene for the recovery and the body was sent to Nashville for an autopsy.
According to the preliminary autopsy report, there were no physical marks of trauma on Mr. Falls’, said the sheriff. The full report has not been completed, said the sheriff.
Anyone with information, please contact Carroll County Sheriff’s Department at 731-986-8947.