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Airport employee with autism ID’d as body found in Yellow River

Shanequa Sullivan was reported missing Feb. 4.
Shanequa Sullivan was reported missing Feb. 4.
By Raisa Habersham
March 10, 2018

A Forest Park woman with autism who was reported missing last month was identified as the body recently found in the Yellow River in Newton County.

RELATED: Family launches search for missing 23-year-old with autism

Newton County Coroner Tommy Davis confirmed that Shanequa Quanee Sullivan, 23, was found by a fisherman late Saturday. Sheriff’s deputies returned Sunday and removed the body from the river.

Sullivan, who worked at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, was reported missing Feb. 4 by her family. She had worked at the airport for almost a year.

RELATED: Human remains pulled from Yellow River in Newton County

Her family said she usually rode the train from the airport to College Park or East Point, then transferred to the bus.

Davis said officials are working to determine a cause of death.

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Raisa Habersham is the Intown Atlanta hyperlocal reporter for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

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