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No Foul Play Suspected In Missing Teen's Death

Taylor Meyer's Body Found In Swampy Area

POSTED: 4:48 pm EDT October 22, 2008
UPDATED: 4:52 pm EDT October 22, 2008

A teenager whose body was found in a marshy area of Norfolk after she disappeared from a party last weekend most likely drowned, the medical examiner said.

The body of Taylor Meyer, 17, a senior at King Philip High School, was found Monday after an exhaustive search after she disappeared from a party near the former Norfolk airport on Friday night.

"While a final cause of death has not been issued, since some standard medical testing has not been completed, the examination found no evidence of trauma or foul play in her death," the medical examiner said in a statement. "The available evidence is consistent with death by drowning."

Police, fire and rescue teams scoured the area near the airport, including the nearby Charles River, using boats, trained dogs and a state police helicopter for the teen on Saturday evening, Sunday and Monday morning.

The start of the search was delayed by confusion over Meyer's friends thinking she had gone home, and her family thinking she was with friends.


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