COLUMBUS, Ind. – Indiana Conservation Officers From the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department (BCSO) are asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman whose body was recovered from the East Fork of the White River in Bartholomew County last week.
A passing kayaker located the body partially submerged on a sandbar near the Water Street public access ramp in Columbus on Wednesday, March 27.
The body is that of a white woman in her late 40s to early 50s, about 5 feet, 2 inches tall, weighing 135 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. She was wearing blue jeans, a blue jacket, and a t-shirt that read, “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 DNR Central Dispatch at 812-837-9536, or BCSO Detective Sgt. Dane Duke at 812-343-0707.
