Body found in Ind. creek not missing student
Flyers with information about missing Indiana University sophomore Lauren Spierer, including some printed in Spanish, await distribution outside Smallwood Plaza in Bloomington, Ind. (June 10, 2011) Credit: AP
A coroner says that a badly decomposed body found in an Indianapolis river isn’t that of a missing Indiana University student or a great-grandmother from a nearby suburb.
Marion County coroner Frank Lloyd says the body retrieved Sunday from Fall Creek is that of a young black woman who had possibly been in the water for more than two weeks. Lloyd says the woman’s identity wasn’t immediately determined from an autopsy Tuesday.
The discovery of the body floating among debris drew attention because of the ongoing search for IU student Lauren Spierer, a 20-year-old white woman from Greenburg, N.Y. She was last seen June 3 near her Bloomington apartment after a night out with friends. Bloomington is about 50 miles south of Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis Star says police also contacted authorities in Noblesville, Ind., who are investigating Head's June 13 disappearance. Police say Head’s nephew has been arrested on unrelated charges.
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