Mushroom Hunters Find a Body in Miami
County
Miami County – Saturday at approximately 10:20 a.m., officers
from the Indiana State Police, the Miami County Sheriff’s Department, and
conservation officers from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources responded
to a possible death, on the Okie Pinokie Trail, near the area of State Road 124
and Miami County Road 510 East.
The preliminary investigation
by Indiana State Police detectives revealed that two men were mushroom hunting,
in a wooded area on the Okie Pinokie Trail, near State Road 124 and Miami
County Road 510 East. The men allegedly found the body of a deceased male. The
deceased male was identified as Drake Allan Smith, 22, Summitville, IN.
The ongoing
investigation is in its infancy, but officers are treating Smith’s death as a homicide.
Anyone with
information about this case is encouraged to contact Indiana State Police detectives
by calling the Indiana State Police Peru Post at 1-800-382-0689 or
765-473-6666.
The Indiana State
Police was assisted with the early investigation by the Miami County Sheriff’s
Department, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Law Division, and the Miami
County Coroner’s Office.
No further
information will be released at this time.
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