• May 18, 2013

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Body of missing man found in creek

FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) -- The body of a man, who was reported missing last night, was found floating in an eastern Kentucky creek this afternoon.

We just got off the phone with the Floyd County coroner, who tells us 38-year-old Matthew Wayne Wright's body was found near a railroad bridge in Frasure's Creek in McDowell.

He tells us someone found Wright's body while looking for him this afternoon.

His body has been sent to Frankfort for an autopsy.

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