Staff Report
The body of a Carmi teenager was recovered Tuesday afternoon from Rend Lake, approximately 28 hours after she was reported missing by friends.
Franklin County Coroner Marty Leffler said the woman has been identified as 18-year-old Emilie Jo Turrentine, from Carmi, located in White County. Turrentine was with four other people enjoying a holiday at Rend Lake when she went under and did not resurface. The group was swimming off a boat in an area north of Route 154 near Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park.
A 911 call was placed at 11:14 a.m. Monday notifying authorities of the possible drowning. Search and rescue teams from Benton and Sesser along with law enforcement officials from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources took part in the recovery of the body.
Leffler said preliminary autopsy results are consistent with drowning and added that there were no signs of foul play and drugs or alcohol are not suspected to have been a contributing factor.
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