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Missing Michigan woman found dead; Police looking for man in murder probe

Mollie Schmidt (left); Yenly Garcia (right) (Kent County Sheriff's Office)

After a woman who was reported missing last week in Michigan was found dead on Tuesday, police are searching for a man they are calling a person of interest in a murder investigation.

Mollie Schmidt, 33, of Plainfield Township, was found dead Tuesday from an apparent gun shot wound after being reported missing on Aug. 21, WOOD-TV reports. Her body was found in Wyoming, in West Michigan.

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The Kent County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man named Yenly Garcia, considered a person of interest in her disappearance and murder.

Garcia, 44, is from Wyoming, Michigan, and is described as 5-foot-10 and about 200 pounds with black hair and distinct tattoos on his face. Police said he was previously driving a black 2019 Dodge Ram 1500 truck with the Michigan plate ELW6780. See his photo below.

If you have information that could help to move the investigation forward, call the KCSO at 616-632-6125, or call Silent Observer at 616-774-2345 to report information safely and anonymously.

Related: Police: Michigan father kills wife, 6-year-old daughter in apparent murder-suicide

Mollie Schmidt (left); Yenly Garcia (right) (Kent County Sheriff's Office)

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