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Posted: Monday, January 01, 2018 12:43 PM
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Henderson Co NC Requests Security Footage From Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, Sevierville PD For Info On Missing NC Man Found Dead Near Arden Who Was In East TN
The Henderson County Sheriff's Office in North Carolina requested businesses in the Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville and Dandridge areas to check security cameras for information after the body of a missing man was found.

Detectives with the sheriff's office are working to piece together the timeline that Phillip Michael Stroupe II may have traveled after the kidnapping and murder of Thomas Bryson. Bryson's body was located on Sunday evening in Buncombe County, North Carolina.

Officials are looking for any camera footage of roads or parking areas along the routes stretching from Gatlinburg to Dandridge between the hours of 10:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 26. Those with security cameras should look for sightings of the 2007 silver Honda Ridgeline or Stroupe himself, who is a suspect in the first degree murder and kidnapping of Bryson, according to the sheriff's office.