Manhattan—Pottawatomie County Sheriff Greg Riat
 has released details on the identity of the body located in the water at Tuttle Creek Lake last Friday, February 28.

The body has been identified as 56-year-old Jane Peterson of rural St.George. She worked in the physics department at Kansas State University.

Family members had reported her as a missing person on January 19th 2014.

The Sheriff’s Office does not suspect foul play in this incident. The cause of death identified by the pathologist in this matter was drowning and hypothermia.