QUITMAN — A body recovered from the Withlacoochee River has been identified, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Tuesday.

The body of IJonn Parrish, 22, of Quitman was pulled from the Withlacoochee Thursday, Dec. 13, according to the GBI.

Parrish’s name was released following an autopsy performed by the GBI Crime Lab in Macon, according to a statement from Jamy Steinberg, GBI special agent in charge, Thomasville GBI office.

“The autopsy showed no injuries to Parrish during the examination,” according to the GBI statement. “The exact cause of death was not relayed to GBI agents conducting the investigation due to pending toxicology and other tests being performed to determine the cause of death.”

The GBI will give the case to the Southern District Attorney’s Office once the investigation is complete, he said.

The case started Saturday, Dec. 8, when a Georgia State Patrol trooper stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation in Brooks County, according to authorities.

“Parrish provided a false name to the trooper when asked of his identity,” Steinberg said. “It was determined that Parrish was not the person he said he was when the trooper ran the vehicle registration and name provided by Parrish. The trooper then attempted to place Parrish under arrest and he resisted and fled on foot from the scene.”

The trooper and other law-enforcement personnel searched the area for Parrish but could not find him.

Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk said authorities found clothing along the river bank and assumed the man attempted to swim across the Withlacochee. The river was high from recent rains, the sheriff said.

Authorities had been searching the river that runs along the Lowndes-Brooks county line. A body was found during the noon hour Thursday on the Brooks County side, Paulk said.

Specifically, the body was recovered from the river off of Highway 94 and Georgia 133 in Brooks County, according to the GBI. Brooks County Sheriff Mike Dewey requested assistance from the GBI.