A missing Missouri mother was found dead in a wooded area six months after she vanished, authorities said.
Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak confirmed Tuesday that the lifeless body of 33-year-old Emily Strite was discovered in a wooded area about 45 miles southwest of St. Louis.
“On September 28th, deputies responded to a wooded area near 4100 block of Frissell Road in De Soto for a report of human skeletal remains found by the property owner,” officials said.
“Through comparison to medical and dental records, investigators with the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office determined the remains are those of Emily Strite. She was reported missing in the De Soto area in April of this year.”
Strite was last seen wearing jeans and a dark blue hoodie on April 12. She “is believed to have been leaving the area of her own free will.”
The mother-of-four’s cause of death remains undetermined.
