Body Found in Perry County, PA most Likely Missing Elaine M. Pierson
A body was found in Perry County, PA with similar features to that of missing 48 year old Elaine M. Pierson.
A woman’s body with “similar features” to those of a Perry County woman missing more than a week was found yesterday about three miles from the missing woman’s home, state police at Newport said.
Police would not say if the body was Elaine M. Pierson, 48, of Trout Lane, Rye Twp. Pierson was reported missing Dec. 29 and hasn’t been heard from since Dec. 27. (Patriot News)
UPDATE: Officials have now confirmed that the body found was that of missing 48 year old Elaine M. Pierson. They are awaiting dental records for final ID. It is believed that she was a victim of a homicide.
Officials have confirmed that the body found nine days after Elaine M. Pierson was reported missing is the victim of a homicide, though positive identification of the body is still waiting on dental records.
Perry County Coroner Michael Shalonis, who had been Pierson’s neighbor since she built her home in the wooded mountainous area of Rye Township about nine years ago, said he believes the body of the white woman in her late 40s, found just three miles from Pierson’s home, is Pierson. (The Mercury)