Crime & Safety
Video: Authorities Announce Bodies Discovered by Hunters, Possible Link to Missing Evansdale Cousins
The Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office says two bodies were discovered that may be connected to the case of Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook-Morrissey, who have been missing since July.
Authorities held a news conference Wednesday regarding Elizabeth Collins and Lyric Cook-Morrissey, the two Evansdale cousins who have been missing since July, and linked two bodies found by hunters to the abduction case.
Capt. Rick Abben of the Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office stopped short of stating the bodies were those of the missing girls but said their parents have been notified and that the families have requested privacy. He did not disclose the location of where the bodies were found other than to describe it as a wooded area.
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