Subject of Lake-area missing person alert dies in crash

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A woman who was the subject of an endangered person advisory on Saturday was found dead in her wrecked vehicle the next day.

The Camden County Sheriff's Office issued the alert Saturday, saying Amanda Rodgers, 35, had been seen leaving Eldon around 3 a.m. in her Chevrolet Malibu. The alert says Rodgers went to pick up her children in the Camdenton area but never arrived.

The Miller County Coroner's Office wrote in a Facebook post that Rodgers was found dead Sunday on Highway 54 near Howser Road. She was pronounced dead at 1:43 a.m. Sunday, the post says.

The vehicle was obscured by a fallen tree and difficult to see from the road, the coroner's office said. A Miller County deputy who was searching the area found it.

Foul play is not suspected, and the coroner says the death appears consistent with a car crash. The investigation is ongoing.