Authorities in Puerto Rico discovered a body in a river last week and are investigating whether the remains are those of Amanda Lynn Webster, a tourist reported missing from Indiana.
The body, which could be a woman’s, was found in a river in Naguabo, in the southeast region of the island, police in Puerto Rico said in a statement in Spanish on Saturday.
The body was found by a team searching the area for Webster, police said.
“The body was found upside down floating in a rocky area of the river,” police said. They noted that at the time of the statement, it was not possible to identify the gender of the body or conclude whether “it shows signs of violence.”
Police suspect the body may be that of Webster, 44, “who was on vacation on the island from the state of Indiana,” police said.
Webster's relatives could not immediately be reached for comment Wednesday afternoon. Police in Puerto Rico also could not immediately be reached for an update.
Webster was the focus of missing person’s investigation by police with the Criminal Investigations Corps since Oct.11, police said.
That’s when she was reported missing by the owner of the place she was staying at, police said, after she did not complete the checkout process and left her belongings and her rental car on the property.
Police and personnel with State Emergency Management and the U.S. Forest Service searched some woods where she had been seen, police said.
An “Ashanti Alert,” police said, was issued. The alert is activated for missing adults whose safety is compromised, police said. It also applies when people alert police about a missing person who may have a mental disability, they said.
