Body identified as missing Fremont man

FREMONT, Ind. (WANE) - Police say a body found Thursday in Steuben County is that of a man who went missing October 11 in Fremont.

Stuart Stalcup, 48, was last seen October 10th at his parent's lake cottage in Fremont. His parents say they were watching a football game late Saturday night, and when they woke up Sunday morning, Stalcup was gone. Stalcup recently had a stroke that affected his memory and communication. He is an insulin dependent diabetic.

An Indiana State Police airplane discovered a body near SR 120 about a mile west of SR 127 in Steuben County around 11:30 a.m. Thursday. The plane was searching for Stalcup and was not available before Thursday. A ground crew picked up the body and confirmed it was a man.

The clothing description and some identification lead police to believe the body is Stalcup's, but that is pending final confirmation from an autopsy and dental records.

"After two or three weeks, we were sort of figuring that probably it was not going to be a good turnout here," Steuben County Sheriff Richard Lewis told NewsChannel 15. "Barring some extreme circumstances that no one has seen, I would think that it's going to be the subject."

An autopsy results are still pending.