MISSING TENNESSEE MOTHER’S BODY FOUND, TWO MEN CHARGED
The body of a Tennessee mother who was reported missing nearly two weeks ago was discovered Wednesday and two men were charged yesterday with abuse of a corpse.
Officers say 30-year-old Carolyn Pope’s body turned up near power lines in Hickman County. Her body reportedly was found wrapped in a blanket, under a plastic sheet and debris in a gully near a heavily wooded area.
Pope lived in Fairview, about a half-hour from Nashville, with her grandmother and 5-year-old daughter.
Pope’s grandmother filed a missing-person report on October 13, 2019. She was last seen at a home the day before. Since then, the sheriff’s office and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation conducted several search warrants at different homes, on multiple phones and vehicles.
Warrants for Mitchell Hinderliter and Christopher Hall, both of whom were in jail on unrelated charges, were written for abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence and false reports.
It was unclear what possible ties the men may have had to Pope. Her car reportedly was recovered on Hinderliter’s property during the investigation.
The investigation is ongoing and more charges connected to Pope’s death were expected after the final report from the medical examiner is released.