Loudon County, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is asking for information after the victim in a 2019 cold case out of Loudon County is identified.
TBI officials announcing Monday that scientists at Othram, a forensics lab in Texas that specializes in identifying cold case victims, conducted DNA matching of individuals related to a man whose remains were found by a Tennessee Department of Transportation crew in August of 2019 while mowing along I-75 in Philadelphia.
TBI says scientists identified the man as John Arthur Troutman who was originally from Herndon, Pennsylvania. Troutman’s family members told investigators they had not seen their older brother since the 1980s.
Those with information are now being asked to come forward by calling the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office at 865-986-4823 or the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.
