Crime & Safety
Video: Update on Missing Evansdale Girls, Bodies Found in Bremer County
Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 11, and Elizabeth Collins, 9, went missing July 13 from Evansdale. Two bodies were discovered in a wilderness area of Bremer County on Wednesday.
Authorities said Thursday they are confident that two bodies discovered by hunters yesterday are the missing Evansdale cousins, Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 11, and Elizabeth Collins, 9.
The girls have been missing since July 13.
"At this time, law enforcement is confident based on evidence at the scene and preliminary investigation that the bodies found yesterday are those of Lyric Cook and Elizabeth Collins," Capt. Rick Abben said, reading from a news release during a news conference at the Evansdale Police Station. "However, the results of the autopsy have not yet been made available to law enforcement, and the positive forensic identification of the bodies has not been made."
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