Human remains found in search for Katelyn Berry

The search for a missing woman who lived in Sidney, Montana, has ended after human remains were found this (Thu) morning.

Twenty-six-year-old Katelynn Berry was reported missing Dec. 31, 10 days after she was last seen.

Berry’s mother is Assistant Grand Forks County State’s Attorney Carmell Mattison.

The remains were found close to Berry’s apartment by members of a search team.

Sidney Police Chief Mark Kraft says positive identification will be made by the medical examiner in Billings.

Kraft said the remains were discovered as an intensified search for Berry was getting under way.

(KNOX/KFGO)

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Statement from Sidney (MT) Police:

At approximately 9:20 AM, one of the volunteer search teams, searching within one of our pre-defined search areas, discovered what appear to be human remains. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office, members of the Montana Division of Criminal Investigation, as well as other law enforcement assets have secured the area and are actively processing and documenting the scene. At this time no identification of those remains have been made, however, further search efforts have been suspended. A post-mortem examination will be scheduled and conducted by the Montana Medical Examiner’s Office in Billings in the next few days, and it is our hope that a positive identification can be made at that time. On behalf of the Richland County Sheriff’s Office and the Sidney Police Department, I would like to express our sincerest gratitude and respect to our civilian volunteers and area law enforcement partners for their overwhelming support in this effort.