Human remains found in search for Putnam County mom, investigators say

CRESCENT CITY, Fla. – An intensified search for a missing 20-year-old Putnam County mother turned up human remains Saturday in a rural farmland area of Crescent City, according to investigators.
The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office has called in the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s mobile crime lab to help identify the remains.
News4Jax expects to learn more from investigators at a 4 p.m. news conference that will be streamed live on News4Jax.com.
Two days after the family of Nyeisha Nelson reported her missing to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, the agency asked the public for help Friday.
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