Justice · Anderson death investigationMcDonald County bodies found: Deputy discovered second person; dog found aliveWritten November 2, 2026 at 9:17 PM UTCWatchTranscript0:07A deputy found a second body after a landowner reported one dead person.0:10Both were in dense timber beside a missing couple's property, and a dog was found0:14alive nearby.0:15Investigators still have to determine who died and how.0:18The two bodies were on private land outside Anderson in Missouri's MacDonald County.0:22The property is off Beehive Lane near the Dogwood area, close to East State0:25Highway76.0:27The location has been described as near Dogwood Lane and Dogwood Drive.0:30Investigators placed the bodies in heavily wooded land directly adjacent to the0:34missing couple's property.0:35Dispatchers received the landowner's call at about four Sunday afternoon, November0:40first.0:40On Monday, November second, service office released the additional details about the0:44deputy's discovery, the dog, and the identification process.0:47The caller reported finding a deceased person near the forty, five hundred block of0:51East State Highway706 .0:53The four o'clock time marks when dispatch received that report.0:56Sheriff's detectives and forensic personnel processed the wooded scene and collected1:00evidence.1:00Their work followed the responding deputy's discovery of the second deceased person1:04nearby.1:04The MacDonald County Sheriff's Office continues the death investigation.1:11A living dog was found close to one of the two deceased people.1:14Officials haven't confirmed who owns the animal, so its presence doesn't identify1:18either person or connect the dog to the missing couple.1:21Leo Lindemann, seventy-three, and Catherine Lindemann, seventy-four, were last seen1:25near this area on September fifteenth.1:27They were reported missing September twenty-fourth.1:30The discovery beside their property has brought renewed attention to their1:32disappearance.1:33Authorities haven't formally confirmed that either deceased person is Leo or1:37Catherine.1:37The sheriff's office is treating both identities as pending.1:40Officials also haven't released a cause or manner of death.1:43No specific day has been announced for an identification.1:46Officials expect to confirm who the two people are later this week.1:49After autopsies and confirmation by the county coroner and medical examiner.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
