Chippewa Falls police in Wisconsin released more details this week about the discovery of Shannah Boiteau’s body.
Police said they found Boiteau’s body on April 27 in St. Cloud. Officials confirmed her identity Monday. St. Cloud police are now leading the investigation.
Boiteau left her Chippewa Falls home on June 21, 2016, according to police. Authorities said someonesaw her the next day running from her vehicle near County Road 74 in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Tri-County CrimeStoppers of the St. Cloud area said that “Boiteau was witnessed exiting a vehicle near I94 & Co Rd 74 in Saint Cloud, MN and ran into the woods and was never heard from again.”
St. Cloud police filed a search-warrant affidavit a day before finding her remains after someone notified them that a man that said they were located a “moist spot in the lower ground,” along with a human skull and teeth, on property south of I-94 and “east of County Road 74,” The Minnesota Star Tribune reports.
The filing also noted that the remains had been “outside in the elements for a number of years.”
Officials have not released information about where or how Boiteau’s body was found.
St. Cloud police said they will issue a press release later Tuesday. Check back for updates.
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