State police in West Virginia confirmed Wednesday that a body recovered in Greenbrier County was identified as Mykala Phillips, the 14-year-old who had been missing since the horrible flooding that hit the state on June 23.
The state Medical Examiner's office delivered the news to the authorities Wednesday afternoon, according to West Virginia MetroNews. Dental records were used to identify Phillips, and her family was informed at about 1:40 p.m. Wednesday, Sgt. Drew Pendleton from the West Virginia State Police told West Virginia MetroNews
Related Content
Science Source
| Climate Dynamics
Climate of the weakly-forced yet high-impact convective storms throughout the Ohio River Valley and Mid-Atlantic United States
Headline
Jan 10, 2017 | NOAA Climate.gov
2016: A historic year for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in U.S.
Headline
Nov 18, 2016 | WSAZ
Family found living out of tent five months after flooding
Headline
Sep 20, 2016 | Associated Press
Here's when summer's weather turned weird and violent
