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Update: Augusta County missing-person case now a death investigation

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Brannen Jay Moore
Brannen Jay Moore. Photo courtesy Augusta County Sheriff’s Office.

Update: Friday, 3:13 p.m. A Churchville man who had been reported missing on Tuesday is now the subject of a death investigation led by the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office.

At 9:30 p.m. Thursday, the sheriff’s office responded to a tip to the location of 45-year-old Brannen Jay Moore, who was subsequently found deceased in the Churchville area.

The body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for an autopsy.

If you have any information about this incident, contact T. Rexrode at the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office at 540-245-5333 or Crime Stoppers at 800-322-2017.

 

First report: Thursday, 9:36 a.m. The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance with locating a missing person who was last seen Tuesday in the Churchville area.

Brannen Jay Moore, 45, is 5’10”, 230 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes.

Moore could possibly be operating an older model Oldsmobile sedan.

If anyone has any information about this missing person, contact the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office at 540-245-5333 or Crime Stoppers at 800-322-2017.

 
 




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