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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – A Clarksville man took his own life Friday after being convicted of 12 counts of rape.

According to an incident report from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, 37-year-old Michael Proctor disappeared from his residence Friday morning. Proctor’s father-in-law later found his body in the woods behind the home.

Investigators determined that the cause of death was suicide.

Proctor had been convicted in court Thursday of rape of a 13-year-old girl, which had occurred between July 2013 and August 2014, according to an indictment.