The family of a missing Georgia man discovered ruins of his skeleton in his father's backyard, when he was settling events on his property after his death.
Henry Franz Jr., 74, was known for playing bagpipes in the Atlanta area, but died in a scuba diving accident in Hawaii on March 10th. wanf It has been reported.
On March 16, Franz JR's family confirmed his problem when they went to Decatur's house, about 15 miles outside Atlanta, making the disturbing discovery of a human skeleton inside a treehouse built in their backyard.
The body belonged to her missing brother, Henry Doyle Colon Franz. He went missing more than four years ago when he was 28, one of Franz's daughters confirmed.
“He left home one day and obviously came back,” Rebecca Franz Culpepper told the outlet.
Dekalb's medical inspector is currently investigating the cause of Henry's death, but told Culpepper he suspected that foul plays were not involved, the outlet added.
Franz, a father of four, has lived alone since 2018 after the death of his second wife, but was known to live a “very active lifestyle.” Daily Mail.
For several years after her death, Culpepper said that most people lived out of state, so it is rare for their families to visit their father.
Franz's death is still being investigated by Maui police at this time.
This post was contacted the Maui Police Station for comment.
The 74-year-old Bagpiper was a founding member of the Atlanta Pipe Band for 55 years. group On Instagram.
“Henry's impact on our band and the piping community was immeasurable,” the group wrote. “Beyond music, Henry's curiosity led him to travel the world, explore fossils and pursue scuba diving.”
The band performed with some of the most influential figures in recent history, including Carter and President Bush, Prince Charles, Mikhail Gorbachev and the Dalai Lama. wanf.
Franz was known for playing woodwind instruments at weddings, funerals, bar mitzvahs, birthday parties and other public events around the Metro Atlanta area.
He was the lawyer who picked up bagpiping as a teenager and was unofficially known as “Decatur's Bagpiper.” decaturish 2015.
Franz's friend, Leonard E. Wood, said WSB-TV He said “it's overlooked in the piping community, Atalanta and elsewhere.”
“I just know that sometimes you can meet someone and you'll fall in love with them, and that was what it was for Henry,” Wood said.
Wood also said the discovery of the ruins of his son's skeleton was “a terrible shock.”
“All I know is that he was a good kid,” he said. “It's a terrible tragedy. I can't imagine it. Hank was a young man.”
