According to Sgt. Dave Myers, a body that SCE&G Beech Island Power Plant employees discovered Wednesday afternoon in the Savannah River, has been identified as 52-year-old Gregory Brabham of Beech Island, S.C. Brabham’s death is being considered a homicide investigation, and is being investigated as such by the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office. UPDATE: According to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton, the autopsy of Gregory Brabham has revealed that his death is a homicide. The cause of death will be revealed at a later date, as investigators say releasing the cause of death may hinder the investigation into Brabham’s death.

According to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton, a body was found floating in the Savannah River near Beech Island, SC around noon on Wednesday. The body has been identified as 52-year-old Gregory Brabham, of Beech Island SC. Carlton says circumstances surrounding the discovery of Brabham’s body appear suspicious. Autopsy is scheduled for Thursday morning in Newberry, SC.

Authorities in Swainsboro are piecing together clues into an unidentified woman’s death. The woman’s body was found in a room at the Sunset Inn, on Highway 1 south.

According to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton, the body of a 54-year-old white male was discovered near Warrenville, SC on Friday morning. UPDATE: Autopsy has revealed that Phillip Pennington died of natural causes. An enlarged heart and atherosclerosis were cited as the primary causes. Toxicology results will be available in about two weeks.

Florida police still have no suspects in the murder of a little girl, but they are making progess in the case of Somer Thompson. Friday, her distraught mother vowed her daughter’s killer will not get away with the crime. ABC News’ Matt Gutman has more in today’s big story.

Investigators have finished talking to all the registered sex offenders living within a 5-mile radius of Somer Thompson’s house, though none of them is considered a suspect in the girl’s death. Clay County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Mary Justino also said Friday that no witnesses have come forward to say they saw the 7-year-old attacked or abducted.

An autopsy will be performed on the body of Somer Thompson, the little Florida girl who disappeared Monday on her way home from school. The search for her ended Wednesday in a public landfill in Georgia, where her remains were recovered. The FBI is now at the scene, and police are asking for help from the public in finding her killer. ABC News’ Matt Gutman has the details. UPDATE: Somer Thompson’s death ahs now been ruled a homicide.

Authorities believe a body found in a landfill is that of 7-year-old Somer Thompson, a north Florida girl who disappeared on her walk home from school, the sheriff in charge of the case said Thursday. Sheriff Rick Beseler said the tentative identification was based on clothing and on a birthmark that matched the girl’s.

Detectives searching for a missing 7-year-old north Florida girl say they have found the body of a young child in a Georgia landfill. Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler said the body found Wednesday had not been identified but the parents of Somer Thompson have been notified.

A woman’s body has been found in Thomson, Georgia at the intersection of White Oak Road and Lincoln Drive. That’s in McDuffie County. Someone walking to work spotted the body, Wednesday morning, and called the GBI and McDuffie County Sheriff’s Office. The body, which was found in a ditch, is identified as Vicki Lynn Gunby. UPDATE: At this time, investigators do not believe Gunby died as a result of foul play.

Police in Connecticut say they’ve found what they believe is the body of a missing Yale University graduate student.

WJBF News Channel 6 has received reports that a body has been found. We have been told that the body has been found on Riverfront Drive, near the boathouse. We have a crew en route, and will have more information as it becomes available. The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is now investigating this discovery as a homicide.

The director of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Augusta says she’s “100 percent sure” the hospital has corrected sterilization problems that may have exposed some patients to infectious body fluids.

A body and a “suspicious package” were found outside the North Augusta Community Center Monday morning. Part of Buena Vista Avenue was shut down for three hours, while investigators and SLED agents worked to find out what happened, and what was inside that package. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe has more.

The body of a woman discovered late Friday night in Greenville County is being investigated as a homicide.