DIXON, Ill. (AP) - Authorities have pulled the body of a missing Dixon woman from the Rock River.
The Telegraph in Dixon reports (https://bit.ly/1iDBREV ) that 56-year-old Melva M. Meridith was pulled from the river Tuesday evening. She was last seen leaving her northern Illinois home Tuesday morning. The Lee County Sheriff’s Department says a call came in reporting her missing about 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Two hours later deputies received a report of a car in the Rock River between Dixon and Sterling. The car was empty but authorities continue to search the river, later finding Meridith’s body.
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Information from: Dixon Telegraph, https://www.saukvalley.com
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