A body recovered in Ohio over the weekend is believed to be of missing 17-year-old Haily Buzbee of Indiana
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- Hailey Buzbee disappeared from her Indiana home on Jan. 5
- Tyler Thomas, 39, has been arrested on felony charges of “sexually oriented matter” pertaining to a minor and tampering with evidence; he is not facing charges in connection with Buzbee’s death
- Police allege Buzbee and Thomas met online and following the alleged abduction, the two briefly stayed at a “short-term rental”
An Indiana teenager who went missing nearly a month ago has been found dead, according to the attorney of the man arrested in the case.
Hailey Buzbee, 17, disappeared from her home in Fishers, Ind. on Jan. 5, according to a statement issued by the Fishers Police Department on Jan. 19.
While investigators previously believed she had run away, they eventually deemed her an “an endangered missing juvenile.”…