Body found in barrel floating in South Carolina lake

SOUTH CAROLINA (WTVD) -- Officials are investigating after human remains were found inside a barrel floating along a South Carolina lake.

Officials said the remains were found just before noon Thursday at Lake Thicketty in Cherokee County Thursday.

According to a coroner at the scene, the body appeared to have been in the container for a number of days.

An autopsy will be performed to identify the body and determine how the person died.