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Body of 56-year-old woman found in Wabash River

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Posted at 1:29 PM, Feb 17, 2019
and last updated 2019-02-17 13:29:22-05

CLINTON, Ind. (AP) — State police say a coroner has identified a woman whose body was found over the weekend in the Wabash River in western Indiana.

Police said Sunday that Vermillion County’s coroner had identified the body as that of 56-year-old Jeanne L. Stern of Clinton, Indiana. Her relatives have been notified.

The cause and manner of Stern’s death is pending the results of toxicology tests and a review of the final autopsy report.

Her body was found Saturday evening along the Wabash River near Riverside Cemetery in Clinton, about 60 miles (96 kilometers) west of Indianapolis near the Indiana-Illinois state line