Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Investigators are now learning how a body ended up in a landfill in Anderson county.

Knoxville Police say 47-year-old Mark Denton was in a dumpster on Broadway for unknown reasons when the dumpster was emptied into a trash truck and dropped off at the Chestnut Ridge landfill.

His body was found December 11; that sparked an investigation with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office.

The medical examiner determined his death was accidental and occurred in Knoxville.

The Knoxville Police Department will now take over the investigation.