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HUMAN REMAINS IDENTIFIED AS FLOOD VICTIM

(Franklin County, IN)--A coroner Thursday positively identified human remains found earlier this week along the Whitewater River in Dearborn County as those of the woman who was swept away in floodwaters near Brookville last July.  53-year-old Virginia Pennington was staying in a cabin along Wolf Creek in Franklin County when flash flooding struck.  The remains were found about 20 miles downstream from where Pennington had been staying.  Hardy Harris was with Pennington and was also killed.