A Bernice woman missing since last Thursday has been found dead.
Theresa Dawn Jones, 56, of Bernice, was reported missing from her home to the Union Parish Sheriff’s Office. Deputies and detectives from the UPSO Criminal Investigations Division began an investigation to attempt to determine Jones’s whereabouts. Jones apparently left her residence in the Evergreen community sometime Thursday, leaving behind her vehicle and cell phone.
Despite the exhaustive search by deputies and family members, Jones was not immediately located.
On Monday, Jones’s family informed UPSO that they had found some clothing that might belong to the missing woman in a wooded area near her residence. Once on scene, deputies were informed Jones’s body had been located floating in nearby Edmonds Creek. The body was recovered and has been tentatively identified as that of Theresa Jones.
The Union Parish Coroner’s Office was contacted, and the body was sent for an autopsy. The case remains under investigation.
