EATON RAPIDS, Mich. — Investigators have identified the human remains found in Eaton Rapids Township on March 28 as Stephanie Southwell of Lansing. Southwell was last seen in the Lansing area around one year ago when she was 35 years old.
Police described the remains as badly decomposed when they were discovered in a wooded area near Wilbur Highway and Spruce Road. The cause of death has not been determined but police are investigating this as a homicide.
The Eaton County Sheriff's Office worked with the MSU Departments of Anthropology and Integrative Biology and the Medical Examiner's Office to identify the remains.
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