'Belle in the Well' identified during news conference

by JARROD CLAY, JEFF MORRIS, ANNA MOORE

Sun, July 28th 2019, 8:43 PM UTC

Lawrence County Coroner Ben Mack reveals that the Belle in the Well has been identified as Louise Virginia Peterson Flesher. (WCHS/WVAH)

{p}Louise Virginia Peterson Flesher, 65, is the woman found dead in a well in 1981 off McKinney Creek Road in Windsor Township in Lawrence County. (Lawrence County Coroner's Office){/p}

The woman known as Belle in the Well after her body was identified 38 years ago has been identified, the Lawrence County Coroner's Office says. (Ohio Attorney General's Office Bureau of Criminal Investigation)

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Lawrence County Coroner Ben Mack reveals that the Belle in the Well has been identified as Louise Virginia Peterson Flesher. (WCHS/WVAH)

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