By BRENT MARTIN

St. Joseph Post

A body recovered in DeKalb County has been identified as that of Leah Dawson, missing for more than three weeks.

A number of law enforcement agencies, led by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, executed a search warrant on a house in Maysville Wednesday and recovered an unidentified body. Law officers also searched another Maysville location earlier in the month.

In a news release, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department says the preliminary results from an autopsy identified the body recovered as that of Dawson. It says the department continues to investigate the case.

The boyfriend of Leah Dawson, Kenneth Wykert, has been taken into custody in DeKalb County, but has not been charged in connection with her disappearance. He is being held on failing to register as a sex offender.