SHAWNEE COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities investigating a body found in rural Shawnee County have confirmed the identity as 43-year-old Cari Allen, according to the Douglas County Nebraska Sheriff's office. She was last seen Saturday, Nov. 19 at 11 p.m.
On Wednesday, officials with the Douglas County Nebraska Sheriff's office contacted the Shawnee County Kansas Sheriff's Office for assistance in the case, according to Deputy Abigail Christian.
Just before 3p.m. Wednesday, law enforcement officers with the Shawnee County Criminal Investigations Division began an investigation in the 2200 block of SW 57th Street.
A search warrant was executed after a human body was discovered.
On December 6, authorities in Caye Caulker, an island off the coast of Belize in the Caribbean, arrested 47-year-old Aldrick Scott of Topeka, according to the Douglas County Nebraska sheriff's office in connection with Allen's disappearance.