Body found in Mecklenburg well identified as missing 21-year-old man last seen in August

MECKLENBURG COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office has identified the body that was pulled from a well on Monday as a missing 21-year-old man who was last seen in August.

According to a Facebook post by the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office , during the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 17, the office received a call from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond to notify investigators that the body recovered from a well on Monday, Sept. 16, has been identified as 21-year-old Graham Norris Horne.

At 12:17 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 16, Mecklenburg firefighters and deputies from the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office were called to a well at 9367 State Route 903 in the Bracey area of the county.

Captain Chris Whittemore told 8News that those working on the well pump saw a sneaker floating in the well, as well as what appeared to be a “large mass” inside. Upon making this discovery, they contacted authorities.

First responders later recovered a body from the well, now identified as Horne. According to an Aug. 19 Facebook post by the Sheriff’s Office , Horne was reported missing and was last seen on Aug. 15 traveling with a faith-based group.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, the group stopped at Simmons Truck Stop in Bracey to get fuel. Horne reportedly got into a disagreement with some of the people he was traveling with and walked away, traveling east from Simmons without a phone.

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