Columbus Township rescue divers, members of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department and coroner’s office take a boat to retrieve a body from East Fork White River in Columbus on Wednesday.
Mike Wolanin | The Republic
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 tall 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 at 812-837-9535, or Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Detective Sgt. Dane Duke at 812-343-0707.
This story is by The (Columbus) Republic.
