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Officials are awaiting forensic results after remains were located in the area where a Southern Indiana woman went missing in September.
A Facebook post from Scott County Sheriff Jerry Goodin stated deputies and Indiana State Police detectives discovered human remains Tuesday on a wooded property in the area where 40-year-old Amanda Martin was last seen. A forensic examination has been scheduled with results expected in six to eight weeks.
“We are saddened by the discovery of the remains discovered yesterday, but we also realize a family can now possibly begin to heal,” Goodin said. “This is an active investigation, and I personally appreciate the help from our law enforcement partners. Together, we continue to seek a factual conclusion about what happened here.”
Previous Facebook posts from the sheriff said Martin was last seen on Sept. 13 and reported missing to local officials on Sept. 24, believed to have gone missing in the area of Frog Pond Road in eastern Scott County. Deputies say numerous attempts to locate her had “not been successful” and they felt she was “in extreme danger due to a medical or mental illness.”
Martin’s family was offering a reward of $1,500 to find her, Goodin said, mentioning assistance from Indiana State Police and other local law enforcement agencies in the search.
“We’re not going to stop looking until we locate Amanda,” Goodin previously said, also mentioning they’d searched the Blocher area of Scott County where she had gone missing with dogs, drones, and on foot.
The investigation remains ongoing, and officials encourage anyone with information to call 812-752-5550.