Rosemary Reinel Missing Person’s Case Now a Homicide Investigation
According to authorities the body found in LaGrange County has been positively identified as the missing 79 year old Rosemary Reinel. She had been missing for approximately five weeks.
A missing person investigation has now turned into a homicide investigation after police positively identify a body found in rural LaGrange County.
Police suspected the body was that of 79-year-old Rosemary Reinel of Sturgis, Michigan. Using dental records, police confirmed the body was Reinel.
Investigators say they are still trying to determine when and how Reinel was killed.
Police say they are looking at 53-year-old Dannie Gayheart as a person of interest in the case.
Update: WNDU 16; Missing person case turns into homicide investigation
A body that was found in rural LaGrange County has been positively identified as a missing Sturgis woman, 79-year-old Rosemary Reinel. Reinel disappeared in September.
On Tuesday, Reinel’s body was found just three miles away from her home by LaGrange County farmers working on their crops.
Body confirmed to be missing Sturgis woman
A coroner has confirmed that a body found in an Indiana farm field is that of a Sturgis woman last seen leaving her apartment on September 19th.
The coroner made the identification based on dental records. An autopsy could determine exactly how and when 79-year-old Rosemary Reinel died.
Body buried in corn field identified as missing Michigan woman, Rosemary Reinel
A body found buried in a corn field near the Michigan state line has been identified as a Michigan woman missing since September.
Police said Thursday they are conducting a homicide investigation into the death of Rosemary Reinel, 79, of Sturgis. She was reported missing Sept. 22 and was last seen leaving her Sturgis apartment two days earlier, according to Sturgis police.
Reinel’s car was found last month in Sarasota, Fla. Gayheart was arrested there on charges that he violated his parole from Michigan.
Evidence in the car pointed to foul play, police said.
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