PHELPS COUNTY, Mo- The Phelps County Sheriff’s Department needs help identifying a body that was found on the side of I-44 Saturday morning.

Phelps County Deputies and Highway Patrol Troopers were sent to mile marker 171 westbound around 1:20 a.m. Saturday morning for a report of a person lying on the side of the road.



Phelps County Sheriff Richard Lisenbe says when officers arrived they found a white female wearing a blue and red colored sundress and flip-flops. The female’s hair was dark but had been dyed dark blue. She had several tattoos on her right and left shoulder blade area, and one on her right foot and ankle. She also had a large scar on her left inner thigh.

According to the release, Sheriff Lisenbe says the female was between 18-20-years-old.

Her body has yet to be identified.

Anyone with any information is urged to contact the Phelps County Sheriff’s Department Criminal Investigations Unit at 573-426-3860 or the Missouri State Highway Patrol Division of Drug and Crime Control at 573-368-2345.

The investigation is ongoing.

