Published: November 04, 2009 12:38 pm      

Body found in creek identified as that of missing woman

The body of a woman found in a creek bed in Cleburne Friday night has been identified as that of 67-year-old Virginia Burns, according to the Tarrant Count Medical Examiner's public access Web site.



Burns had been staying at a nursing home in Keene, but was spending time a relative’s home in the 700 block of North Main Street in Cleburne when she was last seen on Oct 9.



Police responded to a call at about 6 p.m. Friday near Buffalo Creek and discovered the decomposed body of an adult female, according to a release from Sgt. Amy Knoll.



The body was in a wooded area near the creek about five blocks from where Burns was last seen.



The cause of death is still pending.