Missing man with dementia found dead in Greenwood drainage ditch

GREENWOOD, Ind. (WISH) — The body found Friday in a drainage ditch in Greenwood was identified Monday as a missing 70-year-old New Whiteland man, the Johnson County coroner said.

The body of Werner Gadshian was found sometime Friday in a drainage ditch near the intersection of Swartz Crossing and State Road 135, the Johnson County coroner said in an email to the news media on Monday afternoon.

Gadshian, who had a medical history of dementia, had been missing since Aug. 31, the release said…

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