UPDATE|Body Discovered Near Weiss Lake Egg Company Identified As 54 Year Old Donald Keener

According to Cherokee County Sheriff Jeff Shaver, a was body discovered by a passing motorist alongside U.S. Highway 411, near the former Weiss Lake Egg Company on Monday.

Highway 411 was shutdown in both directions in order to prevent motorist from entering the scene, on the Centre side motorist were being detoured near Centre Middle School and Sheriff Shaver said that there was never any threat to students, faculty or staff at the school.

Investigators with the Cherokee County Major Crimes Unit, JSU Center for Applied Science, and Alabama State Troopers responded and processed the scene.

The victim has been identified as 54 year old Donald Keener of Center, Keener was pronounced dead at the scene by Cherokee County Coroner Jeremy Deaton .

Keener was transported to Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for an autopsy.

The cause of death is pending, and the case remains under investigation by the Major Crimes Unit.

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