Marion Co. Coroner Identifies Dead Body Found In Rental Truck

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — An adult body found in a rental truck at a south side U-Haul location Wednesday afternoon has been identified by the Marion County Coroners Office as 26-year-old Alyssa Sanderfer, WISH-TV reports. Officials originally said a baby's body was found in a rental truck at a south side U-Haul location Wednesday afternoon, but are now reporting that it was an adult's body, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department reports. IMPD officials says the body was found around 1:30 p.m. inside a plastic tote by crews cleaning the van at U-Haul Moving & Storage of Southern Plaza, 4011 S. East St.

An email to Patch from James Gillespie of Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department public affairs said, "Upon closer examination of the deceased, it is believed that it is an adult, not an infant/child as stated earlier."

WISH-TV says investigators were working to track down the last person who used the van and are reviewing rental logs and records as a cause of death has not been determined.

Original Patch report

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officials say the body of a dead baby was found in the back of a rental truck, IndyStar reports. According to the news source, IMPD Sgt. Christopher Wilburn says the discovery was made Wednesday afternoon at a U-Haul rental location on the city's south side. Wilburn said the body was inside a tote bag in the back of a U-Haul truck.

Officer Joe Gillespie says a U-Haul employee made the discovery, but police say it's not clear how the baby died.

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The discovery was made the same day law enforcement officials in New Jersey say the body of a dead baby was found near train tracks in Jersey City.

Patch will continue updating this breaking story out of Indianapolis.

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