Body of Missouri woman found buried in barn weeks after leaving home with uncle and his girlfriend
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Missouri woman Jessi Wilfong was reported missing on May 25. Deputies with the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office found her body buried in a barn on June 18.
"On June 20, 2022, an autopsy was performed on Jessi Wilfong's body. The autopsy findings indicated Wilfong's cause of death was a homicide," the sheriff's office said in a statement on the findings.
According to local FOX3, investigators believe that Wilfong's uncle, Lawrence Schanda, and his girlfriend, Teresa Baumgartner, are responsible for burying Wilfong's body. The two had reportedly picked Wilfong up from a home where she had been staying, despite her asking them to bring her back there.
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