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    Naked body found in woods

    Posted on September 25, 2019

    “I feel like he was crying for help for so long,” Tara Erkert said of her brother, Bruce Wayne Smith (above)

    By CAITLYN BURCHETT / Staff Writer

    A guilt-stricken father, a hopeful mother and concerned family members had their dream of finding a missing Lake County man alive shattered Saturday when their worst fears became a reality.

    The 11-day search for Bruce Wayne Smith, 48, appears to have come to an end when two volunteers discovered the body of a naked male in a thicket of dense woods in northern Taylor County.

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