WESTERVILLE — The body of a missing pregnant woman was found in a vehicle Wednesday in central Ohio, and authorities said they were investigating the case as a “suspicious death.”
A deputy responding to a call about a vehicle parked near a road found the body of Deanna Ballman, 23, Wednesday afternoon in Harlem Township, according to the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office. The township is about 15 miles northeast of Columbus.
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Authorities said the license plate matched the gold car used by the Pataskala woman, who was nine months pregnant and was reported missing on Tuesday night.
Her mother, Lori Ballman, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that she had been instructed not to comment about the case but said her daughter was a loving mother. “She devoted her life to her kids,” said Ballman, 41, also of Pataskala.
Deanna Ballman’s brother, James Ballman, told The Columbus Dispatch his sister was responding to an online classified ad seeking housecleaning help. He says she called their mother around 4 p.m. Tuesday and said she wasn’t feeling well, and then the call was dropped.
Investigators said a pending autopsy would determine how Deanna Ballman died. They wouldn’t comment Wednesday about the body or where it was found within the vehicle.
