WDM police ID driver of interest after body found along I-35 Share Updated: 5:48 PM CDT May 11, 2021
WDM police ID driver of interest after body found along I-35 Share Updated: 5:48 PM CDT May 11, 2021
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Show Transcript EXPECTED RAIN IN THE 8-DAY FORECAST. STEVE: NEW TONIGHT. THE WEST DES MOINES POLICE JUST CONFIRMED THAT THE WOMAN FOUND DEAD ALONG INTERSTATE 35 THIS WEEKEND WAS HIT BY A CAR. SOMEONE SPOTTED STEPHANIE WADDELL’S BODY NEAR THE MILLS CIVIC PARKWAY EXIT ON SUNDAY MORNING. INVESTIGATORS TELL US THEY’VE NOW IDENTIFIED A DRIVER AND A VEHICLE OF INTEREST IN HER DEATH. BUT THEY’RE NOT RELEASING THAT INFORMATION RIGHT
By Sue Danielson
May 11, 2021
(West Des Moines, IA) West Des Moines Police have identified a vehicle and driver of interest in a woman s death along Interstate 35 north of Mills Civic Parkway. Police believe 38-year-old Stephanie Waddell of Oskaloosa was hit by a vehicle late May 8th into May 9th while she had been walking. Someone driving by spotted her body off the shoulder of the road.
West Des Moines says they re still investigating and processing evidence. Sergeant Jason Heintz tells WHO Radio News they found a few pieces of a vehicle at the scene which they are trying to match to the vehicle of interest.
West Des Moines Police Investigating Death Of Oskaloosa Woman
A West Des Moines Police Department Press Release
West Des Moines Police Investigating Death on I-35 NB & Mills Civic Parkway
On Sunday, May 9th at approximately 11:50am, officers with the West Des Moines Police Department were dispatched to I-35 NB at the 70.5 MM (Just north of Mills Civic Parkway). A passerby located what appeared to be a deceased person just off the shoulder of the roadway. Emergency crews responded to the scene and located a deceased female. The female has now been identified as Stephanie Waddell, 38, of Oskaloosa, IA. The continued investigation by West Des Moines Police Detectives shows no indication of an ongoing threat to the public. The preliminary investigation indicates the victim may have been struck by a vehicle sometime during the overnight hours of May 8th into May 9th.
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