Anna Celia Gallegos | The Tennessean

Nashville police have tentatively identified the man whose body was found in an creek bed near the Cumberland River.

Steven Adams Jr., 31, of Ashland City was killed in a single car crash in the 7500 block of River Road Pike.

Adams' body was initially found on Thursday at 11:54 a.m., but authorities believe that he crashed nearly nine days ago. He was initially reported missing in Cheatham County on June 20.

Police believe that Adams was going south on River Road Pike when he somehow drove off the road, down an embankment and into a creek bed. They have not said what caused his car to go off the road.