Two days after the parents of missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer made a desperate plea for those with knowledge of the case to step forward, a badly decomposed woman's body was discovered Sunday floating between some debris in Fall Creek, about 50 miles north of the Bloomington campus. Police said Monday that the condition of the creek water initially made it difficult for investigators to determine the victim's age, race or ethnicity or obvious cause of death, reports the Indianapolis Star. On Tuesday, however, the coroner's office said the body found in the creek is not the missing 20-year-old fashion merchandising major from Edgemont,...
- 7/5/2011
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
The parents of missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer have a desperate message for the parents of friends of the 20-year-old sophomore, who disappeared without a trace four weeks ago. "We are appealing to the parents of the children who may have first hand or second hand knowledge of what happened to Lauren," Rob Spierer, Lauren's father, said at a Friday press conference within Blooomington, Indiana, police headquarters. "Please take the time to sit down with your children over this weekend, sit down and talk to them and find out if they know anything. With tears flowing, Spierer continued, "Help...
- 7/1/2011
- by Diane Herbst
- PEOPLE.com
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