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Indiana
Mar 7, 2017 14:58:14 GMT -5
Post by LadyBlue on Mar 7, 2017 14:58:14 GMT -5
Gerald Smith - May 9, 2009 - A body found in the Wabash River Friday evening (May 8) has been identified as that of a missing Indiana State University student.
The body of Gerald Smith of Avon was found near Vincennes at approximately 7:30 p.m. An autopsy conducted Saturday morning at Terre Haute Regional Hospital by Medical Examiner Dr. Roland Kohr determined death was due to accidental drowning. The 22-year-old insurance and risk management major had been missing since May 1. An Avon High School graduate and the son of Robin and Billy Hill, Gerald had been scheduled to graduate on Saturday.
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Indiana
Mar 7, 2017 23:42:00 GMT -5
Post by LadyBlue on Mar 7, 2017 23:42:00 GMT -5
Christopher S. Thiem, 19, was spotted by a policeman near a railroad bridge in Vincennes, Indiana on January 12, 2005. He was apparently the last person to see Christopher alive after he'd left a campus party. He vanished and his whereabouts were unknown until April, when workers planting trees discovered the body of the Vincennes University student.
Chris' whereabouts were unknown until April, when workers planting trees discovered his body in a farm field near Carmi, IL, about 40 miles down river. Dental records confirmed it was his body. The Wabash River was about nine feet above flood stage. It was surmised that the backwater washed Thiem's body onto the farm field, where it remained after the water receded.
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