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NW Indiana police: Man found dead in snowbank identified
Associated Press
VALPARAISO, Ind. – A man found dead in a northwest Indiana snowbank following this week s snowstorm has been identified, police said Wednesday.
Although the man has been identified, police cannot release his name or provide other information about the man until his family is notified, the Porter County Sheriff s Office said in a news release.
A property owner in Valparaiso found the man’s body Tuesday evening in a snowbank, Porter County Coroner Cyndi Dykes said Wednesday. She said an autopsy was scheduled for Thursday.
The sheriff s department, which said the case remains an “open investigation, thanked members of the public who provided officers with information after police released a description of the man.
Victim in fatal US 12 crash identified
The woman who died Tuesday night in a one-vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 12 in Westchester Township has been identified.
After deadline on Wednesday, Porter County Coroner Cyndi Dykes identified the victim as Sarah Jensen, 30, of Michigan City. She was the sole occupant of the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene, Dykes said.
According to the Porter County Sheriff’s Police, at approximately 9 p.m. Jensen was eastbound on U.S. 12 when, 1100 feet east of Tremont Road, she lost control, left the roadway to the south, and struck the end of the guardrail. Jensen’s 2011