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Weather Alert

Weather Alert

...AN AIR QUALITY ALERT HAS BEEN DECLARED...

The officials at the Indiana Department of Environmental Resources
have declared an Air Quality Alert for...

Monday...May 29 for the following Indiana counties...

Carroll, Tippecanoe, Howard, Boone, Hamilton, Madison, Delaware,
Hendricks, Marion, Vigo, Shelby, Brown, and Bartholomew...

Ozone levels are expected to be in the Orange or Unhealthy for
Sensitive Groups range. Active children and adults, and people
with respiratory disease, such as asthma should limit prolonged
outdoor exposure.

Here are some recommended actions that the public can take to reduce
ozone forming emissions:

* Walk, bike, carpool or use public transportation.
* Avoid using the drive-through and combine errands into one trip.
* Avoid refueling your vehicle or using gasoline-powered lawn
equipment until after 7pm.
* Turn off your engine when idling for more than 30 seconds.
* Conserve energy by turning off lights or setting the air
conditioner to 75 degrees or above.

For further information, please see the IDEM Smog Watch page on the
Internet at:

http://www.in.gov/apps/idem/smog/

Death of Lafayette woman, found burning alive, ruled accidental

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Mystery surrounds Lafayette woman found burning alive

Julie Myers, Credit: LPD

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — The death of a woman found burning alive near Murdock Park has been ruled accidental.

For months, the Marion County Coroner's Office declined to release details about Julie Myers death, until Tuesday.

Chief Deputy Coroner Alfarena McGinty says Myers died from "complications of thermal injuries," and noted a contributing cause of death was atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

McGinty called the death investigation "a challenging case" which "involved getting records from law enforcement."

Myers, 60, went missing from a Lafayette hotel near I-65 at about 2 a.m. and was found about five hours later, engulfed in flames.

A passerby tried to extinguish the flames on Oct. 30 before calling for help. Myers was taken to an Indianapolis hospital, where she later died from second- and third-degree burns covering about 40% of her body.

Authorities have not released details about Myers' whereabouts after she left the hotel.

Lafayette police Capt. Joe Clyde said investigators are certain no crime was committed and are considering releasing some new details to quell speculation about the case.

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