***Video from May 20th, 2025***

AUGUSTA (WJBF) - The body that was found last month in a shallow grave on Riverwatch Pkwy has been identified.

Richmond County Coroner, Mark Bowen, said 59-year-old Cindy E. Reese, a homeless woman, was the victim.

The Richmond County Corner's Office and the the RCSO responded to Riverwatch and 15th Street "under the bridge for a possible buried body," shortly after 10 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20th.

The investigation is ongoing.

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