LEONIDAS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Authorities conducted a search near Mendon Tuesday linked to the investigation into the disappearance of a woman in 2018.
In a release, the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Office said it was “following up on information” that “may have a possible connection” to Brittany Shank.
Shank, 23, vanished the night of Nov. 30, 2018, after crashing along Fawn River Road east of Sturgis. She has never been found and no charges ever issued.
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The sheriff’s office said it was working with the FBI to search in Leonidas Township, which is between Mendon and Athens. A News 8 crew saw search teams in a cornfield across from the Margaret Olney Feek Recreation Area off Olney Road south of Pleasant Road. That’s more than 16 miles from where Shank was last seen…