Body Found in Burned Vehicle 2-25-09 Cedar Co., NE [Grace Wry, 25]

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http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10574907

Published Friday February 27, 2009

Burned vehicle, dead body bring request for help

The Cedar County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying the remains of a body found this week inside a badly burned vehicle in far northeast Nebraska.

Sheriff Larry Koranda said that deputies received a report at 4 p.m. Wednesday of a burned vehicle on a road a few miles southeast of Yankton, S.D., in Cedar County. Deputies discovered the remains of one person in the vehicle.

Deputies determined the vehicle had been there since Monday afternoon. Dental records are being reviewed, and DNA tests are being conducted to positively identify the remains.

Anyone with information about a missing person should contact the Cedar County Sheriff’s Office at (402) 254-6884.

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http://www.ksfy.com/news/local/40444167.html

Body Found In Burned Car By Yankton

Story Created: Feb 27, 2009 at 4:24 PM CST

A burned vehicle was found on a scarcely-used road just a few miles southeast of Yankton. One burned body was found inside.

Police believe the car has been there since Monday, February 23.

Dental records are being investigated, and DNA tests are pending in an effort to identify the victim.

The Cedar County Sheriff's Office is investigating the crash and is interested in any information of a missing person.

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Still no ID that I can find.....

Investigators in Cedar County, Nebraska are working to unravel a mystery as they try to identify a body found inside a burned out car. It was found in a rural area, four miles east of the intersection of Highway 81 and County Road 895 south of Yankton.

The burned out car was found next to a tree Wednesday night by a farmer who lives in the area. He took us back to the spot and there's still a lot of evidence of what transpired. Car parts litter the ground and the farmer who found the car tells us he saw a body inside.

New snowfall covers some of the tell tale signs of what happened on County Road 895 but Emery Schmitt can tell you all about it. Two days ago, Emery was driving on 895 when he saw what he thought was an abandoned car. He says, "It was more than that. I got down here closer and I could see it was all burnt around there and the tree was all burnt. I could see it hit the tree then I got to looking around finally I looked in it and there were bones in it."

Emery went to the farm down the road and called 911. The Cedar County, Nebraska Sheriff's Department responded. No one would go on camera, but we know the department is searching dental records and attempting DNA testing to determine the identity of the body inside the car. They're also reviewing recent missing persons reports to bring some closure to the case of the burned out car on County Road 895.

Cedar County authorities believe the burned out car may have been sitting on county road 895 for two days before it was noticed by Emery Schmitt.

http://www.ksfy.com/news/local/40444167.html?sitemap=rss

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CEDAR COUNTY, Neb. (KTIV) - Nebraska authorities are trying to identify a body found in a burned out car on a gravel road in Cedar County.

Sheriff Larry Koranda says the car was found late Wednesday afternoon about three and a half miles east of Highway 81, near Menominee. That's south of Yankton, South Dakota.

He says it appears the car hit a tree and burst into flames, and may have been there up to 48 hours before it was found. Investigators are trying to get a DNA match or use dental records to identify the victim.

http://www.ktiv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9918428

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Oh how sad. I hope LE will be able to make an identification and notify next of kin.

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http://www.ksfy.com/news/local/42772697.html

Burned Body Identified In Yankton
Story Updated: Apr 9, 2009 at 6:53 PM CDT

The body found on February 25, 2009 near Yankton, SD has been identified as 25-year-old Grace Wry of Scotland, SD.
Officers found the burned-out vehicle on a minimum maintenance road southeast of Yankton. The investigation determined that the car was in a vehicle accident.

The victim was identified by DNA testing.