Help sought to ID woman recovered from White River

BARTHOLOMEW CO. – 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 about someone 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.