Tenn. woman's body found; search on for killer

By Msnbc.com staff and wire services

Investigators are searching for clues after the?body of a West Tennessee woman who had been missing for more than a month was found in a wooded area in Dyer County over the weekend by a pair of men visiting a nearby cemetery.
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Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Special Agent John Mehr tells the Associated Press that the body of Karen Swift was found Saturday.?The authorities are treating the case as a homicide, he said.
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The mother of four had not been seen since late October. Dyer County residents had joined authorities in searching for Swift.

John Robinson,?a preacher at Bogota Church of Christ, found the body along with his friend, Mark Rickman, as they were leaving Bledsoe Cemetery, according to a report on the Dyersburg State Gazette.

"At least they can quit looking for her and start looking for somebody,"?Robinson told the newspaper.

Dyer County Sheriff?Jeff Boxx said investigators are?awaiting?the testing of DNA samples from evidence found in Swift's car, the family's home, and from her body, according to a report on WREG.com.He said?Swift's husband, David, has cooperated in the case.

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"That includes DNA samples, he's come in and was interviewed,"?Boxx told WREG.com. "He allowed us to interview one of the children. So far he's submitted to every request for search of anything on that property."

The Associated Press, the State Gazette and WREG.com contributed to this report.

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