Authorities have identified Rhonda Matt as the woman found in a Belle Plaine pond on Memorial Day.
    In a press release issued by the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office, the identity of Matt, 48, of Belle Plane as the individual found in the pond was confirmed through dental comparisons done at the Sedgwick County Regional Forensic Science Center in Wichita, where an autopsy is now being performed.
    Matt was originally reported missing on Saturday, May 24 and had last been seen days earlier by family members and acquaintances.
    On Monday afternoon, the body of a white female was discovered in a privately owned pond located two and a half miles northeast of Belle Plaine.
    Sumner County Sheriff Gerald Gilkey says the 10 to 12 acre pond is used for fishing and is “rather deep.”
    Gilkey says there were no clear indications of a cause and manner of death are pending a full autopsy and remains under investigation.
    Anyone with information on the case is encouraged to contact the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office at 326-8941, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-KS-CRIME, or the Sumner County Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.