Body pulled from East St. Louis creek identified as Granite City woman
The woman whose body was pulled from a creek near North 79th Street in East St. Louis nearly two weeks ago has been identified..
St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr. said the victim is Ciara L. Elias-Walls, 33, of Granite City.
East St. Louis police received a call at 9:20 a.m. on April 8 that a body was seen floating in the creek at 79th Street and St. Clair Avenue, Sgt. Cantrell Patterson said at the time.
Illinois State Police we’re called in to assist in a criminal investigation.
Elias-Walls was pronounced at 10:13 a.m. that morning Dye said. He said “modern technology” helped in making an identification, but would not specify.
Dye said a cause of death has not yet been determined.
No other details were immediately available.
This story was originally published April 21, 2020 at 10:19 PM.
