Tuesday update: UPDATE: Homicide Victim, Virginia Woman Identified by State Police,
UPDATE – State police have identified the woman who’s body was found along Interstate 80 Sunday…they say she is 47-year-old Rebecca Landrith of Virginia. They say she has ties to South Dakota and Utah and was left along the off ramp of I-80 east, at mile marker 199. Her family has been notified. State police say her death is a homicide.
NEW COLUMBIA – Interstate 80 eastbound in Union County was shutdown early Sunday morning after a woman’s body was found along the highway. Milton state police say the unidentified woman was found at the off-ramp at the Mile Run exit (Exit 199) in White Deer Township, Union County. Milton troopers say the cause of death is under investigation and further details will be released at a later time. I-80 east in that area was reopened about five hours later.
Monday update: NEW COLUMBIA – Milton state police have still been unable to identify a deceased woman found along I-80 in Union County Sunday morning and they are seeking the public’s help. Troopers say the victim is believed to have traveled through the states of Indiana and Wisconsin between last Thursday and Saturday. Her body was found just before 7am.
Milton troopers say the victim was wearing blue maternity jeans, and a purple shirt with a black leather jacket. She was not wearing socks or shoes and is a white female, possibly of Asian or Native American decent, and appears to be in her 20’s to 40’s.She is also said to be approximately 5-foot-2 to 5-foot-6, approximately 120-140 pounds with brown hair.
Anyone with information is asked to call Milton troopers at 570-524-2662.
We last told you the deceased female was discovered just before 7 a.m. Sunday morning at the off-ramp of I-80 east at the Mile Run exit (Exit 199).
