06-05-2013, 02:45 PM
Body Found - Not believed to be Jessica, but not confirmed.
CBS/AP) PARK TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Police officials say a man on a personal watercraft found a body floating in a western Michigan lake Monday, but the body does not match the description of Jessica Heeringa, the 25-year-old woman who disappeared April 26 from her job at a gas station in Norton Shores.
The Holland Sentinel and MLive.com report the body was discovered Monday afternoon on Lake Macatawa in Ottawa County, and the Coast Guard pulled it from the water.
The sheriff's department says an autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday in an effort to identify the body.
"Based on the description I got from Ottawa County authorities, I don't believe it's Jessica," Norton Shores Police Chief Dan Shaw said, according to MLive.com
Officials have reportedly not confirmed whether the body is male or female and it is unknown if there were any signs of foul play.
"It doesn't sound like they have a lot to work with, but it doesn't sound like Jessica," Shaw said, according to the news site.
A reward of up to $15,000 has been offered for a tip leading to an arrest in the case. Anyone who may have information regarding the disappearance is asked to call 231-733-2691.
Full story:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-5...olice-say/
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Guessing the body is either male or too decomposed to be that of Jessica, but nothing is definite yet.
Other than that, no new developments in the investigation reported in quite some time.
Maybe the reward money will motivate someone to talk, though police have had not shortage of tips, just that they haven't led to any arrests.
CBS/AP) PARK TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Police officials say a man on a personal watercraft found a body floating in a western Michigan lake Monday, but the body does not match the description of Jessica Heeringa, the 25-year-old woman who disappeared April 26 from her job at a gas station in Norton Shores.
The Holland Sentinel and MLive.com report the body was discovered Monday afternoon on Lake Macatawa in Ottawa County, and the Coast Guard pulled it from the water.
The sheriff's department says an autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday in an effort to identify the body.
"Based on the description I got from Ottawa County authorities, I don't believe it's Jessica," Norton Shores Police Chief Dan Shaw said, according to MLive.com
Officials have reportedly not confirmed whether the body is male or female and it is unknown if there were any signs of foul play.
"It doesn't sound like they have a lot to work with, but it doesn't sound like Jessica," Shaw said, according to the news site.
A reward of up to $15,000 has been offered for a tip leading to an arrest in the case. Anyone who may have information regarding the disappearance is asked to call 231-733-2691.
Full story:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-5...olice-say/
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Guessing the body is either male or too decomposed to be that of Jessica, but nothing is definite yet.
Other than that, no new developments in the investigation reported in quite some time.
Maybe the reward money will motivate someone to talk, though police have had not shortage of tips, just that they haven't led to any arrests.