Missing Woman, 84, Found Dead in Submerged Car Over 4 Months After She Was Last Seen by Landlord

The body of an 84-year-old woman who went missing in April was discovered in a submerged car earlier this month, authorities confirmed.

Sara Padgett was reported missing on April 10 to the Shelbyville Police Department in Tennessee, roughly a week after her landlord last saw her on April 2, the department told PEOPLE. At the time, police said she might have been traveling in a blue Nissan Sentra.

More than four months later, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, police provided an update. Their statement noted that the department’s digital forensic unit directed a nonprofit sonar and dive search-and-recovery group to Normandy Lake, the last known location her cellphone had pinged…

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