Body of missing retired firefighter found in Rocky Mount

Wednesday, August 31, 2022
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WTVD) -- An investigation is underway after the Rocky Mount Fire Department search and rescue team found the body of a missing retired firefighter Wednesday afternoon.

Searchers found the body of 61-year-old Bobby Wilson about 1 p.m. in the woodline along the 400 block of N. Winstead Ave.
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Rocky Mount Police and the North Carolina Medical Examiner's Office are at the scene.

The case remains an active investigation. No other details were immediately available.
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