Although authorities have not identified female remains found in a creek near Indianapolis, they have determined the body is not that of missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer. The Marion County coroner’s office said preliminary autopsy results indicate the body is that of an African American woman, which also eliminates the possibility that it is missing 74-year-old Dorothy Mae Heard.
"The Bloomington Police Department has been notified that the dental records for Lauren Spierer do not appear to match. As this ends our involvement in this recovery, we will not have any further release about the recovered body,” said Lt. William Parker of the Bloomington police.
Spierer, 20, disappeared from a Bloomington sports bar on June 2. Heard was last seen at her Noblesville home on June 13.
The unidentified body was found Sunday floating in Fall Creek. Authorities believe the body had been in the creek for two-and-a-half weeks before it was discovered. The Marion County Coroner’s office plans to DNA and dental records to make an identification and determine the cause of death.
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