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Both bodies found in Suwannee County identified

Scott Harlan Hausheer 1
Posted at 1:20 PM, Jun 06, 2017
and last updated 2017-06-06 11:21:19-04

SUWANNEE COUNTY, Fla. (WTXL) - The Suwannee County Sheriff's Office have identified the bodies that were found in Suwannee County on Saturday and Monday.

Details on Body found at Spirit of Suwannee Music Park

The body found in a lake on Monday at the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park has been identified as Scott Harlan Hausheer of Sebastian, Fla.

SCSO says that on Monday, they received a call from Hausheer's friend who said that he was missing. 

The caller said that they had attended the Purple Hatters Ball at the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park with Hausheer over the weekend. They said that they last saw him on Saturday evening walking away from the amphitheater. 

The caller told deputies that they were told by other festival attendees that Hausheer had been taken to the hospital for an unspecified medical problem. They told SCSO that they left the festival on Sunday and returned home believing that Hausheer was still at the hospital.

Around 2:40 p.m., the Suwannee County 911 center received a call regarding a body floating in “Spirit Lake” at the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park.

There were no visible signs of trauma to Scott’s body, and foul play is not suspected at this time.

Hausheer’s body was transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Tallahassee for an autopsy.

If you have any information regarding this case, please contact Investigator Wayne Kelly at 386-364-3456 or Wayne.Kelly@suwanneesheriff.com.

Details on Body found in ditch on 164th Street

The body found laying in a ditch near 164th Street and 45th Road on Saturday has been identified as Sara Elizabeth Ballance, 22, from Lake City, Fla.

Deputies say that on Saturday around 4:15 p.m., the Suwannee County 911 center received a call from a citizen who reported that they had stopped their car to remove a tree limb out of the roadway and discovered a dead woman lying in the ditch on 164th Street near 45th Road in eastern Suwannee County.

When they arrived, they discovered a white woman wearing blue jeans, and a black shirt with pink trim lying in the tall vegetation off of the roadway.

They say body was in the early stages of decomposition.

SCSO says there were no signs of trauma discovered during the autopsy and the Medical Examiner was unable to determine the cause of death. Toxicology results are pending lab analysis.

Ballance’s next of kin has been notified, who advised that she last saw Sara on Monday, around 11:30 p.m. They told police that Ballance had left her home in Lake City with unknown friends in an unknown vehicle.

Investigators are in the process of determining Sara’s whereabouts since that time.

If you have any information regarding this case, please contact Investigator Chris Frost at 386-364-7993 or Chris.Frost@suwanneesheriff.com.