NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

INCIDENTS

Chickamauga & Chattanooga NMP

Homicide Victim Found On Park Road

During the early morning hours of Saturday, January 2nd, two park maintenance workers came upon the body of a large man lying in the middle of Sanders Road on Lookout Mountain. He had a single gunshot wound to the back of his head. Park rangers and Chattanooga Police Department officers were dispatched to the scene. Based on the initial investigation, the man has been identified as 40-year-old J.Y. of Chattanooga, Tennessee. It's believed that Yearby was shot and dropped on the roadway within an hour of the time the maintenance employees found him. Sanders Road is a secondary, less-traveled roadway, with woods surrounding the area. Later that morning, the Chattanooga Police Department Homicide Unit, searching a local criminal database, identified J.Y. as a hardened criminal who was known for selling drugs and involvement with gang activities in the Chattanooga area. A joint investigation is being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Chattanooga Police Department, and the National Park Service. [Todd Roeder, Chief Ranger]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS:

Effigy Mounds NM - The year 2009 marked the 60th anniversary of Effigy Mounds National Monument and the 100th anniversary of the legislative efforts to create a national park in the state of Iowa. Numerous events were held to commemorate the park and its creation.

Northeast Regional Office - Mark Musitano has been named the new wildland fire operations specialist for Northeast Region. Photo.

To see these and other stories posted on InsideNPS (or NPS Digest, its public version), click on one or the other of the following links (please note that not all stories in the former appear in the latter):

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NPS serious incident submission standards can be found at the following web site: HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/waso/custompages.cfm?prg=45&id=8728&lv=2&pgid=3504" http://inside.nps.gov/waso/custompages.cfm?prg=45&id=8728&lv=2&pgid=3504

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Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, with the support of the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov).

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