WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Authorities identified on Monday the body found alongside railroad tracks in a field south of Wichita as that of a 23-year-old Wichita woman who went missing two weeks ago.
The Wichita Police Department said in a news release that investigators are working with the Regional Forensic Science Center to determine the circumstances of Savannah Schneider’s death.
Volunteers searching for Schneider found the body Saturday south of Haysville in an area where her cell phone last pinged off a tower.
Schneider is visually impaired and does not drive, according to a missing person’s flyer. She was last seen May 31 leaving her house. She was reported missing to police on June 4.
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