A body believed to be Vendula “Wendy” Rose, a missing hiker from Marysville, Ohio, was found in Alabama on Saturday.
The Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office told our news colleagues at WBNS-10 TV that a hunter found Rose’s body at 11:30 a.m. around five miles northeast of Cheaha State Park, Alabama.
“Upon notification of family, with the assistance of the Cleburne County Coroners Office, Coroner Adam Downs, we have evidence to believe that the deceased subject is the missing person from October of this year, Vendula Wendy Rose,” the sheriff’s office said in a press release.
Since September, when she left Marysville for a camping vacation in Alabama, Rose has been absent. She was supposed to return on October 2, but she never showed up for work.
In the parking lots of Cheaha State Park, investigators discovered her car and several unusual notes.
The car also had a magazine and a box of ammunition with seven missing bullets.
The sheriff’s office stated that they had no evidence to suggest foul play was involved.
They also suspect Rose was experiencing a mental health crisis. The cause of death remains undisclosed.
A press conference on Monday is likely to provide more details.
We will continue to follow this story.
