Authorities are reporting the body of 88-year-old Joann McWilliams, the Dickson County woman who had been missing since October 5, has been recovered inside a vehicle located in the Tennessee River.

Emergency personnel were in the process of recovering the vehicle at the Saltillo boat ramp.

A Silver Alert was issued for Joann McWilliams on October 13, after she was last seen in Lexington in Henderson County.

(PHOTO: Authorities work to recover a body inside a vehicle in the Tennessee River – courtesy Burton S. Staggs)