COLUMBUS (WCMH) – Columbus Police are investigating after a body was pulled from the Scioto River Monday afternoon.
According to Columbus Police, officers were dispatched to the Hayden Falls Park area on the report of a body found. Columbus Police Public Information Officer Sgt. Dean Worthington said there is no identification on the body at this time.
The area is the same area that police have searched before for 17-year-old Payton Young.
Young was last seen on January 21. Her car was found in a parking lot near the falls.
The dive team spent nearly three hours Monday removing the body and investigating.Keep checking NBC4i.com for real-time updates on this story. To get alerts for breaking news, grab the free NBC4 News App for iPhone or Android. You can also sign up for email alerts.