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Coroner solves Civil War era coffin mystery in Tennessee
In Franklin Tennessee coroners and forensic experts traced a century old case to Lt Col William Shy who died in 1864. The body was found headless with a tuxedo style outfit atop a cast iron coffin buried under a later grave. Forensic analysis suggested the corpse was placed there over a year earlier after being killed by a forehead wound from a bullet.
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Franklin, Tenn
Mary Griffith
William Shy
Clyde Stephens
Fleming Willams
Stephens
William M Bass
Bass
Shy
Nashville
Grffith
Knoxville
Griffith
State
Williamson County
Ross