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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The Cabell County Sheriff's Department released the identity of the man found murdered in an industrial trash container Monday.

Sheriff Tom McComas says the murder victim is Andrew Raymond Mulvany Jr. His last known address was in Carteret County, NC.

Family members say Mulvany moved around a lot. The Sheriff says he had a Wyoming driver’s license, and had lived in Florida and Connecticut.

Investigators are not releasing the cause of death.

Sheriff Tom McComas says Mulvany does have an arrest record that includes charges in different locations.

Detectives still have no idea where the crime happened.

McComas says it appears the garbage can containing Mulvany’s body was not dumped at the site along the interstate. He says detectives did not find any apparent impact or drag marks at the scene. He says it is likely that several people placed it at the site.

The Sheriff's Department is working closely with Carteret County detectives as the investigation continues.

Investigators in North Carolina tell our sister station, WITN, that authorities in West Virginia have contacted them regarding a person of interest who lives in Carteret County. This person may know how Mulvany got to Cabell County, W.Va.

Mulvany's last known address was at the Hostess House Motel in Newport, NC.

The motel manager says the 62-year-old lived there for 4 years until he moved out in 2007.

Police believe Mulvany had been in and out of different motels since that time. Hostess House employees say the man had his problems, but would help anyone in need.

“I can't imagine that anyone would want to hurt him, like I say he did have a problem, a drinking problem but, as far as hurting anybody, he never did.” said Mitchell Moore a motel maintenance worker.

The sheriff's department is not releasing the cause of death at this time, but say the man died of a homicide.

The state medical examiner was able to identify the man through the serial numbers on his pacemaker, which was removed during the autopsy. The pacemaker was installed at Duke University Hospital in North Carolina in 2004. The man may or may not have lived out of state, according to Sheriff McComas.

McComas says next of kin has not been notified at this point.

"We have received, I would say, hundreds of calls with respect to the finding of this individual," Sheriff McComas said. McComas said that includes law enforcement and family members of missing people.

The sheriff's department would like anyone who may have noticed anything suspicious on 64 in the Milton area between Friday afternoon and Monday afternoon to call them at (304) 743-1594.

The sheriff's department does not plan to release much information, so as not to jeopardize the investigation.

The state Medical Examiner's Office plans to conduct the autopsy Tuesday.

Cabell County Sheriff Tom McComas says identifying the body and
determining the cause of death could lead police to the killer.

McComas says investigators believe the garbage can was dumped
sometime over the weekend.

ORIGINAL STORY
CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Cabell County Sheriff Tom McComas says highway workers found a body inside an industrial size trash can along Interstate 64 near Milton.

The discovery was made near the 26 mile marker Monday afternoon.

McComas says the container had blood on it, and was duct taped shut. It was found about 10-30 feet off the road.

The State Medical Examiner removed the container with the body still inside shortly before 2:30.

No word if the body is that of a man or a woman. Also, no word on age.

One westbound lane was closed for several hours during the investigation.That lane is now open.

West Virginia State Police and the Cabell County Prosecutor were also at the site, which is about two miles west of Milton.

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