MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Troop G - 1226 W. Bus. 60/63, Willow Springs, MO 65793
News Release
For further information please contact:
Sergeant Jeff Kinder
(417) 469-3121, ext. 3735
G-03176
March 22, 2017
EMPHASIS:
Human Remains Found In Howell County
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is assisting the Howell County Sheriff’s Department in the recovery of skeletonized human remains on a Howell County road near Mountain View, Missouri. Items discovered during the recovery appear to link the remains to a missing Willow Springs woman. Elizabeth A. Hornbeck, 25, was reported missing on September 26, 2015. Further forensic investigation will be needed to positively determine the identification of the remains. The investigation will be continued by investigators with the Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control and investigators with the Howell County Sheriff’s Department. The West Plains Police Department assisted in the recovery.
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