Missing woman, homicide suspected

NEW ROCKFORD, N.D. (AP) – Federal authorities believe the woman whose body was recovered last month from the Sheyenne River in North Dakota was killed.
 
     FBI spokesman Kyle Love says the death of 36 year-old Amanda Engst “appears to be a homicide.”
 
     Engst, of Halstad, Minnesota, disappeared last fall. A dive rescue team from Jamestown recovered her body from the river Feb. 9.
 
  Loven wouldn’t provide details of the case, including the cause of death, because of the ongoing investigation.
 
     Authorities had suspected foul play since the body was recovered. Eddy County Sheriff Paul Lies has said that a car owned by Engst was used by two people linked to burglaries and robberies in Minnesota and North Dakota.

Previously…

New Rockford (CSi) The UND Medical Examiner’s Office has positively identified the body found Tuesday in the Sheyenne River near Warwick, North Dakota as 36 year-old Amanda Engst of Halstad, Minnesota.

She went missing last fall.

The cause of death has not been reported, although foul play is suspected. A car owned by Engst was used by two people linked to burglaries and robberies in Minnesota and North Dakota.

Previously..

NEW ROCKFORD, N.D. (AP) – Authorities are working to identify a body recovered from the Sheyenne River.

Eddy County Sheriff Paul Lies says a dive rescue team from Jamestown recovered the female body Tuesday afternoon but it has not been positively identified. He says foul play is suspected and an autopsy is being conducted.

Lies  says  multiple law enforcement agencies are involved in the investigation.

Officials are working to determine whether the body is a Halstad, Minnesota, woman who went missing last fall, and whose vehicle was driven by two suspects in a string of robberies in Minnesota and North Dakota.