By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – The Lewis County coroner positively identified the body pulled from the Cowlitz River as Elizabeth A. Pham, the Centralia woman who was reported missing two and a half weeks ago.
Elizabeth A. Pham
Coroner Warren McLeod indicated yesterday he won’t have a determination on her cause and manner of death until he gets back the results of toxicology tests.
The 33-year-old wife and mother of three was last seen on Oct. 10 in the area around Interstate 5’s exit 59 at Vader. She was shoeless, wearing pajama bottoms and described as behaving unusual and confused by at least one person who saw her that day.
Her black Lexus was discovered on the freeway, unlocked with the keys in it.
Members of the sheriff’s office searched the river to an area approximately two miles downstream from the Mandy Road overpass four days after she disappeared. Fisherman found her on Tuesday morning about two miles from where she was last seen.
The sheriff’s office has said Pham may have been suffering from from postpartum depression.
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For background, read “News brief: Woman’s body retrieved from Cowlitz River near Vader from Tuesday October 27, 2015, here
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