Body of missing man, Thomas Bryson, found in Buncombe Co.
By Scottie Kay Auton
WSPA News
BUNCOMBE CO., N.C. – Authorities say the body of a missing man believed to have been kidnapped by a suspect on the run for six days has been found.
Thomas “Tommy” Bryson was reported missing on Wednesday morning. He disappeared during a manhunt for Phillip Stroupe II, a suspect who fled into the Pisgah National Forest, and led authorities on a five-day manhunt before his capture.
The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office said Bryson’s body was found around 8:30 p.m. Sunday in a corn field on Glenn Bridge Road in the Arden community.
Family said Bryson was planning to take his sister to a doctor’s appointment when he left his home in Mills River around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. Bryson lived in the area where Stroupe had been spotted during the manhunt.
Stroupe was later found driving Bryson’s Honda Ridgeline truck and was arrested after a chase Thursday in McDowell County.
McDowell County Sheriff Dudley Greene says deputies found a firearm near the spot where Stroupe abandoned Bryson’s truck.
“Our deepest sympathies goes out to the family of Tommy Bryson,” Allison Nock with the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office said.
Authorities are expected to release more information on Monday.
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