Missing Gary, Indiana woman Ariana Taylor's death was ruled an accident, the Lake County (IN) coroner said Thursday.
GARY, Ind. -- Officials have released the autopsy results for Ariana Taylor, a 23-year-old woman reported missing in early April whose body was found earlier this week in a drainage ditch.The Lake County coroner's office determined Taylor's death was caused by trauma from a motor vehicle accident complicated by drowning. Other results are pending, according to the office.
"I want to offer my deepest condolences to the Taylor family and all the friends who helped us during the search," said Gary Police Chief Brian Evans.READ MORE: Missing Gary woman Ariana Taylor found dead, police say Taylor's body was found Wednesday morning in a drainage ditch near Bellaboo's Play and Discovery Center, at 2800 Colorado St., Gary police spokesman Jack Hamady told reporters.
That's more than a mile south from where her vehicle was found crashed and empty on April 3 on the side of Interstate 65, police said.At the time her car was found, police said they were investigating the crash as a hit-and-run. On Sunday, police said they had found a body in a grassy area, but clarified later that the body was actually a life-size silicone doll.
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