Woman found dead by pond near Bellevue

6/10/2010

BELLEVUE, Ohio — Erie County sheriff's deputies are investigating the death of a Sandusky woman whose body was found off Smith Road near State Rt. 4.

Amanda Gibson, 25, was found just before 8 p.m. Tuesday by a fisherman at a pond near the Norfolk-Southern Railroad switching yard outside Bellevue. Deputies said her body showed signs of trauma, and they are handling the case as a homicide. An autopsy is to be performed by the Lucas County Coroner's Office.