HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Tuesday afternoon, detectives from the Reno County Sheriff’s Office returned from attending an autopsy performed on the body of a white female located in rural Reno County on Monday.
The victim has been identified as 23-year-old Kati Nicole Salmans with last reported residence was in Sterling.
Cause of death has yet to be determined pending toxicology results which typically takes several weeks.
Salmans had been reported as a missing person to the Hutchinson Police Department on Feb. 22, 2016 and they have been working on this case since then.
It was also reported that Salmans may have been driving a vehicle that was found wrecked in the area of 56th and Centennial Rd. on Feb 7. This vehicle was discovered to be wrecked in a ditch with minor damage to the front end and no occupants around at the time deputies arrived.
The location of the wrecked truck was approximately 1/3 to 3/4 of a mile away from where Salmans was found.