Greensboro police identify body found in Sedgefield area

Greensboro police have identified the body found in the Sedgefield area earlier this month as Terry Luttman, 37, but the case is still open and the cause of death has not been released.

Officers were called to the 5300 block of High Point Road at about 11:22 a.m. on April 17 after a resident reported finding a body. Police later notified Luttman’s next of kin, and on April 30 they released the identification publicly.

The discovery along High Point Road put an unfamiliar death scene in a part of Greensboro many residents know well. The corridor runs through a busy, familiar stretch of the city, which has made the investigation especially unsettling for people who live or travel through the Sedgefield area.

Greensboro police have said they were waiting for information from the N.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner before releasing more details. That means the identification is an important step, but not the end of the investigation. The questions that remain are the ones that matter most to neighbors: how Luttman died, whether the death was accidental or criminal, and what evidence still has to be reviewed.

The Greensboro Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division handles homicides, suicides, non-motor vehicle accidental deaths, cold cases and other unattended death cases. That unit works closely with the Medical Examiner and the Guilford County District Attorney’s Office as detectives sort out deaths that do not have an immediate explanation.

The city’s April 17 notice said an update would be provided once more information became available. For now, investigators have given the case a name, but not yet an answer.