Middle Tennessee family reported missing found dead in a crashed vehicle in Williamson County

A Middle Tennessee family of three reported missing 10 days ago was found dead in a crashed vehicle in rural Williamson County on Wednesday afternoon, officials confirmed.

The family, two adults and a child from Hickman County, disappeared on Jan. 16, Hickman County Sheriff Randal Ward told The Tennessean Wednesday night.

Ward identified them as Jeremy Cook, 33, Johanna Manor, 29, and 8-year-old Adalicia Manor.

Foul play is not suspected in their deaths, Ward said.

Tennessee Highway Patrol Sgt. Alex Campbell initially reported three people were found dead at the crash site about 2 p.m. in the 3700 block of Boston Theta Road.

Ward said Hickman County investigators tracked a cell phone that belonged to one of the victims to a wrecked SUV in a rural area just south of Interstate 840 in Thompson's Station.

According to a preliminary report from the THP, the family was traveling in a black Chevy Silverado with Cook behind the wheel, heading west on I-840 before it ran off the road.

The 8-year-old victim sat in a rear passenger seat and her mother sat in the front passenger seat.

The truck appears to have struck a concrete median on the interstate before going over it and falling about 100 feet into a ravine near Boston Theta Road, the report said.

All three passengers wore their seatbelts, the THP reported.

According to officials, Cook lived in Bon Aqua, and Manor and her daughter were originally from Clarksville.

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Ward said at least one of the adult victims worked in Williamson County.

"They were likely possibly going back and forth (from home) and I suspect that’s when the crash happened," he said. "Their truck went off the road and crashed and it appears they died as a result of the wreck."

Ward said the crash remained under investigation by Hickman County sheriff's investigators and the THP.

The victims' bodies will be sent to the Davidson County medical examiner who will determine their exact cause of death.

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This is a developing story.

Natalie Neysa Alund is based in Nashville at The Tennessean and covers breaking news across the South for the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at nalund@tennessean.com and follow her on Twitter @nataliealund.

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