Boone County Sheriff ‘defers to family’ after body identified

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Boone County Sheriff's Office says the body found in the Perche Creek on Sunday has been identified.

However, the person's name was not released. The agency did share that she was a 47-year-old woman from Columbia.

"We are deferring to friends and family of the victim to decide as to whether the victim’s name is publicly released, and we will not be releasing her name at this time," a spokesperson said in the social media post.

Andrew B. Acton, 53, of Columbia, was arrested Monday evening during a traffic stop after law enforcement used Flock cameras to identify his vehicle. The truck was seen in footage carrying a City of Columbia trash bin that matched the one pulled from the creek.

The trash can was initially recovered on Sunday by a fisherman at the Providence boat access who reported seeing a human leg wrapped in a blanket inside.

Acton's initial hearing was rescheduled for May 26 at 1 p.m. in the Boone County Courthouse after he failed to appear in court on Wednesday.