Man Found Dead on Bed of Bibles

KNOXVILLE (EAP) -- Knoxville police discovered the decomposing body of an elderly man yesterday evening after receiving a call from a neighbor who reported a terrible smell coming from his neighbor's house.

John Eskridge, 75, was found dead in his Knoxville home, lying on top of a pile of over 5300 Bibles. Many of the Bibles were apparently stolen from motels, investigators said, after looking at the inside cover of the Bibles.

"The Bibles were arranged in a big square, like a bed," Ted Martin of the Knoxville police department said.