BILLNGS — The body of a woman was found Wednesday night outside of Laurel, Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder said.
Authorities have not yet publicly released the identity of the body, nor confirmed whether it's related to a report of a missing person, Lori Bray.
Searchers were gathered Wednesday morning in Laurel on Buffalo Trail Road, in the area where Bray was last seen.
Linder did not identify where the body was found, but neighbors reported on social media seeing police vehicles gathered on Yard Office Road near the Ridge Drive intersection east of Laurel. That's a few miles away from the search.
We will update you as we get more information.
(OCTOBER 2, 2019) The Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office is investigating the circumstances of a missing Laurel woman. Lt. Dan Paris on Wednesday confirmed an "active investigation" is underway involving the disappearance of Lori Bray, but he declined to release any further information.
A friend of the missing woman, Shannon Strong Martin, said Bray was last seen on video surveillance leaving her workplace at Cedar Ridge Casino in Laurel at 12:25 a.m. on Tuesday. Her car was later found abandoned on Laurel Airport Road.
Martin said friends will be gathering at the nearby Laurel Cemetery on Wednesday morning to form search parties.
Martin said in a Facebook post : "Her friends and family are worried — she would NEVER leave her dogs, they are her world. Someone has to know something, no lead is too small. And I ask that everyone please pray that she is found safe."
We will update you if we get more information.
