UPDATE: The body discovered by the Allegan County Sheriff’s office yesterday has been identified as Theresa Lockhart, Schoolcraft teacher missing for five months.
In a news conference Wednesday afternoon, Portage Department of Public Safety Director Nicholas Armold said Theresa’s husband, Chris Lockhart was found dead in his Portage home. He had left a suicide note with a map with the location of the body in a wooded area in Valley Township in Allegan County. Armold said Chris Lockhart admitted killing his wife, saying he snapped. Her death was caused by strangulation.
ORIGINAL STORY:The Allegan County Sheriff's Office received a tip Tuesday afternoon that a body may have been buried in Valley Township. After a diligent search, sheriff’s detectives discovered a partially buried body in the area in a remote section of the township, according to a sheriff’s office news release..
The body of the unknown individual appeared to have been in that location for a fair amount of time. The remains have been sent to the Western Michigan University School of Pathology for autopsy and forensic examination.
Further information will be released as it becomes available.
