Human remains found in Tennessee have been identified as a woman who went missing from Williamsburg nearly six years ago.
The skeletal remains of Laura A. Anderson, 37, who went missing from Whitley County in February 2018, were discovered in Cleveland, Tennessee, Sunday night, according to The News Journal. Cleveland is about 150 south of Williamsburg (the towns are connected by I-75). The remains were discovered by children riding four-wheelers.
No cause of death has yet been determined.
Anderson’s boyfriend, Joseph Bauer, 37, of Williamsburg, contacted the Williamsburg Police Department in September 2018, while in jail on unrelated charges, and confessed to his role in Anderson’s death.
Police, though, believe Bauer was only an accomplice in Anderson’s murder, as he was unable to tell authorities were Anderson’s body was located.
Bauer, in a July 2019 plea deal, pled guilty to criminal facilitation to commit murder, facilitation to commit first-degree robbery, possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, and criminal facilitation to commit tampering with physical evidence. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The investigation remains ongoing.
(Headline photo: Laura A. Anderson, courtesy of the News Journal)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
