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"We strongly suspect that this is a homicide and a very gruesome one at that," said Carter County Sheriff Chris Mathes.

Photo by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service/Bill Buchanan - A Ruby-throated Hummingbird probes the bloom of a Cardinal Flower, a species of late-season wildflower, in a quest for nectar.

Unicoi County University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension agent Ty Petty told the Johnson City Press that the freeze could not have come at a worse time.