Badly decomposed body found in southern Indiana lake

TELL CITY, Ind. (AP) - Authorities say a badly decomposed body was pulled from a lake in rural southern Indiana over the weekend.

Perry County Sheriff Alan Malone says a person canoeing on Tipsaw Lake spotted the body and called police Saturday afternoon. The lake is in the Hoosier National Forest about 50 miles east of Evansville.

WFIE-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2pxsvHN ) the county coroner determined that the victim was a woman in her 50s but didn't immediately release the identification.

Malone asked that anyone with possible information about the death to contact police.

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Information from: WFIE-TV, http://www.14wfie.com/