Officials identify woman found at Mammoth Cave National Park

Mar 11, 2019
Mar 11, 2019 Updated Jun 7, 2023

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Agents from the Louisville branch of the FBI are investigating after a woman's body was found at Mammoth Cave National Park.

A spokesperson for Mammoth Cave National Park says the body was found at Zion Hill Cemetery within sight of Interstate 65, in the southernmost tip of the park.

Officials identified the victim Monday evening as Mariah Amber Decru, 23, of Park City, Kentucky. She was found around 9:40 a.m. by a person who reported the incident to the Barren County Glasgow Dispatch. The Park City Volunteer Fire Department then alerted park rangers about the body around 10 a.m.

Decru's cause of death has not been released.

FBI agents are working with the National Park Service on the investigation.

Mammoth Cave spokeswoman Molly Schroer said tours continued Monday and the park remains open.