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CROWN POINT — The foot found in a Crown Point pond has been identified by a distinct tattoo, police say.

Police in a Avon, Indiana, a town just west of Indianapolis, said in a tweet Tuesday they had been informed that remains found in Crown Point have been preliminarily identified as a missing mother.

The human foot found by a fisherman Monday night had a tattoo that appears to spell the name, "Najah," Crown Point Police Chief Pete Land said Tuesday afternoon.

Najah Ferrell, 30, was last seen March 15, according to the Avon (Indiana) Police Department.

Avon Police Department investigators traveled to Crown Point and confirmed that preliminary results revealed that the tattoo matches closely with that of the missing woman Avon police have been searching for.

Upon finding the remains, Crown Point police notified the Avon Police Department.

A final positive identification cannot be made until the DNA results are known and released to the Avon police, Land said.

"We will continue to assist the Avon Police Department in any way we can in their investigation," Land said. "Hopefully the results of their DNA testing will aid them in reaching a resolution in their ongoing case."