Missing woman found deceased on dirt road

SPOKANE, Wash. — Friday, Pend Oreille County Sheriff’s Office identified 84-year-old Penelope Whitehead deceased on a remote dirt road.

Whitehead had been reported missing the day prior, Thursday, March 5, at 6pm out of Spokane and Pend Oreille county.

Deputies received a call around noon Friday of a deceased person on a remote dirt road near Cedar Creek in Ione. They followed what they believed to be her footprints for about half a mile when they came across her car stuck in the mud…

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