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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police in Nampa say a body, believed to be that of a missing Nampa woman, has been recovered from a shallow grave in a cornfield in southwestern Idaho.
Nampa Police Sgt. Joe Ramirez says the woman's body was unearthed at 12:30 p.m. Friday and taken to a hospital for X-rays before being taken to the Canyon County coroner's office for autopsy and identification.
Selena Thomas was reported missing on Monday. She was last seen by co-workers on Aug. 15.
Officers began looking in the field east of Melba on Wednesday evening after Thomas' boyfriend reportedly told officers he hit her in the head with a hammer, stuffed her into the trunk of her car and buried her in a cornfield with the help of three other men.
The boyfriend, 39-year-old Alfredo Martinez, has not been charged in the death.
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