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UPDATE MISSING IN AMERICA: Body of Kristy Kelley Found

Police have confirmed the body of missing young mother Kristy Kelley was found inside her submerged vehicle Tuesday afternoon.

UPDATE (September 17th, 2014):

Police in Evansville have confirmed the body of missing young mother Kristy Kelley was found inside her submerged vehicle Tuesday afternoon.

Warrick County Sheriff Brett Kruse told local NBC affiliate 14 News detectives were able to identified Kelley based on descriptions of the clothes she was wearing the night she went missing. A medical examination to confirm her identity and cause of death will be conducted Wednesday morning. Kruse said although it hasn't been positively confirmed, detectives have no reason to believe the body is anyone but Kelley.

An independent sonar search and recovery group located Kelley's 2003 Nissan X-Terra at the bottom of a lake in Bonnville, Indiana. The vehicle was removed from the water and Kristy's body was found inside.

The 27-year-old mother of two has been missing since August 15th after not returning home from a Boonville VFW club.

For updates on this case, please visit local NBC affiliate 14 News here: http://bit.ly/XBZrPK

ORIGINAL STORY (August 25th, 2014):

Two young mothers, Joelle Lockwood, 30, and Kristy Kelley, 27, went missing this summer in southwest Indiana.

"We have not found a common denominator,” Sgt. Jason Cullum told local NBC affiliate 14 News, “but that doesn't mean that we're not looking at the possibility that they are connected.”

Kristy Kelley was last seen at 1:30am on August 15th leaving a Boonville VFW club. She weighs 135-pounds, is 5’ 5’’ tall, and has long brown hair and blue eyes. When last seen, she was driving a car with an Indiana license plate, SZF858.

A Facebook page Help Find Kristy Kelley has been pleading for people to get the word out, and to share Kelley’s photo.

Joelle Lockwood was last seen on July 6th leaving a party in Evansville, about 20 miles away from where Kelley disappeared. Lockwood weighs 125-pounds, is 5’3’’tall and has brown hair, and brown eyes. She also has a tattoo of a Playboy bunny on her right shoulder, and a tribal design tattooed on the back of her neck.

According to the Facebook page Help Find Joelle, she does not have a vehicle or cell phone, and was last seen wearing a tank top, jean shorts, and pink & white sneakers.