A multi-agency investigation involving special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and sheriffs’ detectives from Monroe, Polk, and McMinn counties has resulted in the arrest of an Etowah man, charged with killing his father. On May 1st, 2022 human remains were discovered in a wooded area on Old Furnace Road in Tellico Plains. An autopsy confirmed the identity of the victim as 64-year-old John Henry Ball (DOB 07/04/1957) of Delano in Polk County. During the course of the investigation, investigators developed information that identified the victim’s son, John Scott Ball, as the individual responsible for his father’s death. On Thursday, May 5th, 45-year-old John Scott Ball (DOB 12/16/1976) was arrested and charged with one count of 1st Degree Murder and one count of Abuse of a Corpse. Ball has been booked into the Polk County Jail without bond pending his next court appearance. 
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McMinn County Man Charged With Father’s Murder
May 6, 2022 | 3:59 PM