Autopsy ordered after Athens man found dead in basement

WUGA | By Jeff Dantre

Published April 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM EDT

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An autopsy has been ordered on the body of a 44-year-old Athens man found dead in his home on Lavender Road.

The body of Frank Perry Williams is believed to have lain in the basement for about a month before his wife reported discovering it on Wednesday. According to police, the woman said she last saw her husband about a month ago after an argument and found him gone the following day.
Officers noted that a circular saw was found near the body and appeared to have been damaged by fire.

The circumstances surrounding Williams’ death remain under investigation.

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Jeff has delivered morning news at WUGA Radio for more than a decade. He was among a team at CNN that won a George Foster Peabody Award in 1991 for an educational product based on the fall of the Soviet Union. He also won an Edward R. Murrow Award from Radio Television Digital News Association in 2007 for producing a series for WSB Radio on financial scams. Jeff is a graduate of the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University (MBA) and holds a BS in Business Administration from Campbell University, both in North Carolina.

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