COLUMBUS, Ind. — Indiana Conservation Officers and the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department seek help in identifying a woman whose body was recovered from the East Fork of the White River last week.
A passing kayaker located the body partially submerged on a sandbar near the Water Street public access ramp in Columbus on Wednesday.
The body is that of a white woman in her late 40s to early 50s, approximately 5 feet, 2 inches and 135 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes, wearing blue jeans, a blue jacket, and a T-shirt that reads, “Las Vegas Nevada Athletic Dept.” She has two scars that could assist in identification.
Anyone with information of a person who matches this description and may be missing is asked to call Indiana Conservation Officers Central Dispatch, 812-837-9535, or Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Detective Sgt. Dane Duke, 812-343-0707.
