 An investigation is underway in Mingo County after the discovery of a body near a cemetery in Mayer, West Virginia. Police say that the deceased was shot here on site and his body dumped in the woods nearby. Right now we are investigating what we believe to be a homicide and we received a call from Martin County Sheriff's Department this morning that they had gotten a call from Canall County of a missing person and the phone was being off this area. After Martin County had checked in on it, I actually found out it was in Mingo County. With Martin County and some of our deputies, we came to this area and searched and that's where we found a body. And right now we are treating it as a homicide and with the state police, their help, they brought their crime scene team down here to help us investigate. According to sources with the Mingo County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, the body that was discovered was that of Ben Hatfield, former CEO of Patriot Coal and CEO of International Coal Group. Most recently, Hatfield had been the Director of Foresight Energy. The investigation is ongoing and the Mingo County Sheriff's Office is asking for any assistance. This is a, being close to more of a weekend, there's a lot of people here we believe on Sunday in and out between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., if somebody saw something with just a vehicle sitting here or somebody at the cemetery, you know, we'd like to know. According to sheriff's officials, the body of the deceased has been transported to Charleston for autopsy. Reporting from Mingo County, for EKB News, I'm Jackson Ladder.