Area Law Enforcement Find Body of Missing Woman
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on December 02, 2022 via Connect-Bridgeport.com
The Barbour County Sheriff’s Department announced that it had found the body of a missing local woman who had last been seen on Tuesday.
Earlier, the police had posted to their Facebook page they had begun the search for a missing female adult.
According to a post on the department’s Facebook page, Brittany Mearns has been missing since Tuesday from the Junior area of Barbour County.
Police had suspended an earlier search in an area where she may have last been seen due to darkness. When the search continued Thursday, her body was found.
Mearns was listed as a 32-year-old female, 5’6, and weighs approximately 170 pounds. She has long brown hair and blue eyes.
According to the most recent Facebook post from Sheriff Brett M. Carpenter, no further information the case will be released at this time.
The case is still under investigation the notice stated.
Editor’s Note: Photo is courtesy of the Barbour County Sheriff’s Department.
