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Missing Westfield woman's body found in car pulled from retention pond

Posted at 2:56 PM, Mar 06, 2018
and last updated 2018-03-06 18:06:43-05

WESTFIELD, Ind. -- The body found in a car pulled from a retention pond in Westfield Tuesday afternoon has been identified as a 73-year-old woman who has been missing for more than a week. 

Nancy Gillet was reported missing by family members last week after she disappeared from her home. 

Police located a car matching the description of Gillett's red Mitsubishi Eclipse in a retention pond not far from Gillett's home on Carey Road just north of 146th Street Tuesday afternoon. 

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A dive team pulled the car from the pond and the body inside was identified as Nancy Gillett. 

Gillett's cause of death has not been released at this time. 

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