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Body Found Near Blowing Rock Identified

October 16, 2021 By Richard C. Gilbert

A body found off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Watauga County has been identified as 33-year old Josue Calderon of Rhode Island. The National Park Service is investigating the death as a homicide.

The body was found on October 9th near the Yadkin Valley Overlook located two miles north of the Parkway/U.S. 321 intersection in Blowing Rock. The Watauga County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI, and SBI are assisting the Park Service in the investigation.

No other details have been released.

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