Officials report finding Sayre's body in Highland Co.

CHILLICOTHE — Ross County officials have confirmed that the body found Saturday night is that of Tiffany Sayre, who has been missing since May 11.

A news conference is planned for Monday in Ross County to discuss further details, but no further information was released Sunday. While an identification of the body was made, details of the autopsy were not released.

The body was discovered about 7 p.m. by two people who were walking along Cave Road in Highland County, according to the Highland County Sheriff's Office. The site is not far from where the body of Tameka Lynch was found, in Paint Creek, in late May 2014.

Deputies went to the scene and found the body in a creek bed. Ross County Sheriff's Office investigators were called to the scene. Highland sheriff's detectives, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, and the Highland County coroner and prosecutor were notified as well.

The body was sent to the Montgomery County Coroner's Office for identification.

Sam Sayre, Tiffany Sayre's aunt, reflected on Tiffany as "a wonderful mom and very well loved by her family."

"We're going to miss her, and we got closure and not the way we wanted it, but we just have to accept it and (hope) for all the other girls to be found too or return home," she said.

Sayre was reported missing May 11. A friend said she and Sayre were with some men at a Bridge Street motel, but the two left together and returned to the friend's home. The friend told police that Sayre said she might return to the motel and that was the last time she saw her.

The discovery of the body comes as Ross County officials have set up a separate task force to investigate a series of missing women, including two who were found dead.

Shasta Himelrick disappeared around Christmas and was found dead in the Scioto River. The coroner later ruled her death a suicide.

Lynch's death was later ruled to be from a drug overdose, but authorities have not determined how her body ended up in the water.

Two other women — Charlotte Trego and Wanda Lemons — also have disappeared since May 2014 and have not yet been found. The missing women have garnered international attention as The Huffington Post and media outlets as far away as Australia have written stories about them.

The community also has been hit with the death of Timberly Claytor, whose body was found along Trego Creek Road near Massieville. A lead suspect, Jason McCrary, has been named in that case, but he has not been officially charged with a crime related to Claytor's death.