Remains found in garage of vacant Gary home identified as missing woman

Human remains found in Gary garage

Human remains were discovered Friday in northwest Indiana.

GARY, Ind. - Authorities have identified the human remains that were discovered last month in northwest Indiana.

Discovery of Remains:

On March 28, Gary police responded around 1 p.m. to the 2600 block of Jefferson Street after the remains were found inside the garage of a vacant home.

Workers hired to clean the property discovered the remains under a pile of debris. Police said they were "badly decomposed."

The Lake County Coroner’s Office and Medicolegal Death Investigation Team arrived at the scene around 2:45 p.m.

On Tuesday, roughly a month after the humans were found, the coroner's office identified the remains as Lisa M. Wright, who went missing from Gary on Sept. 14, 2021, when she was 30 years old.

Wright lived in the 6600 block of Melton Road in Gary.