After 12 days of searching the body of Nashville Firefighter Jesse Reed has been found in the river in Humphreys County, reports wkrn.

The body was discovered in the water Saturday and will be escorted back to Nashville for autopsy, according to Chief Deputy Rob Edwards. The cause of death is not yet known.

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News 2 has reported Reed’s body was found in a cove not far from where his Jeep was found submerged in the Tennessee River near Waverly.