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Body found in Rhea County identified as Bradley County woman missing since Aug. 14

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photo Photo contributed by the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office / Amber Renee Monday was reported missing Aug. 18, 2020, in Bradley County, Tenn. A body was found in Rhea County last week and was positively identified on Thursday as Monday.

A body found last week in Rhea County, Tennessee, has been identified as a 34-year-old Bradley County woman who was last seen Aug. 14 in the Cherokee Boulevard and Stringer Street areas of Chattanooga, authorities said.

The body was identified as that of Amber Renee Monday, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesperson Susan Niland said in an email.

“Our agents have been working with law enforcement officers from multiple jurisdictions to try to locate her since she was reported missing out of Bradley County last month,” Niland said. “The investigation remains active and open, and due to the ongoing nature of this investigation, we can’t speak to potential suspects at this time.”

Officials at the Rhea County Sheriff’s Office in Dayton deferred to the state agency for comment.

The Bradley County Sheriff’s Office has been looking for Monday since she was reported missing Aug. 18, according to sheriff’s office spokesperson Taylor Woodruff.