Columbus police have discovered the body of a missing Indianapolis woman whose running car was found abandoned on Riverside Drive Friday afternoon.

Lt Matt Harris, spokesman for the police department, said that the body of 33-year-old Jacquelyn Watts was discovered by officers on a sandbar in the Flat Rock River at about 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Police had been searching for her since late Friday afternoon when her car was discovered in the 2300 block of Riverside Drive with the engine running and the emergency flashers on.

Harris said that the Columbus police, along with officers from the Indiana State Police, Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department, and Indiana Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officers searched overnight including help from a Louisville police helicopter and a IU Lifeline helicopter. There were also several boats in the river last night searching, he said.

They started the search again about 730 a.m. Saturday, this morning when police on foot found the body. He said there is no word yet on the condition of the body and an autopsy is pending.

Harris said that Watts was in Columbus to drop off her pets at a relative’s home which is in the area of where her car was located.  There was no information available on the location of the pets or whether she had already dropped them off with the relatives.

Harris also decried some social media posts that provided false or misleading information. In one case, social media posted that a person covered in blood emerged from the woods where police were searching, and surrendered to police. But that information was false.

The investigation into Watts’ disappearance is continuing. If you have any information on the disappearance of Jacquelyn Watts you can call the Columbus Police Department at 812-376-2600.