WASHINGTON COUNTY, Mo. — Investigators have released a timeline of the investigation into a missing Potosi woman who was found dead Wednesday.
The Mineral Area Major Case Squad was initially activated Tuesday to assist in the search for 44-year-old Donna Eye after she was last seen on Jan. 9. A family member reported her missing on Jan. 11.
Sgt. Greg Adams, commander of the Mineral Area Major Case Squad, said that during the execution of a search warrant on a farm located in the 10000 block of Shirley School Road in Potosi in Washington County, Missouri, someone told law enforcement personnel they'd seen a dead body belonging to a woman on the adjoining property nearby.
The body was identified Wednesday as 44-year-old Donna Eye by her relatives. An official autopsy will be performed on Friday to investigate the cause or manner of death.
Below is the timeline provided by the Mineral Area Major Case Squad:
Capt. Scott Reed with the Washington County Sheriff's Office confirmed earlier this week that a deputy responded to a call for service at a hospital on the night of Jan. 8 and picked Eye up from the hospital. Twenty minutes later, at around midnight, the deputy dropped Eye off on Shirley School Road.
The deputy said that Eye said that road was where the end of her brother's driveway was, Reed said.
However, Eye's brother, Ronald Eye, said that she was dropped off at a conservation/service road that was not the end of his driveway, and her family hasn't seen her since.
Ronald Eye said his sister had his exact address and that he was never notified of her release from the hospital.