The body of a Jamestown woman was found by authorities just after 11 a.m. Thursday a short distance off the sidewalk in a high weeded field across from the intersection of U.S. 127 and Industry Drive in Jamestown, according to state police.

Sarah Roberts Hart, 31, had been missing since around 5:30 a.m. Thursday, according to the Kentucky State Police.

Hart was running with her sister, Elizabeth, on the U.S. 127 sidewalk between Jamestown and Russell Springs when she told her sister she wasn’t feeling well and couldn’t finish the job, according to police.

Hart turned back around at Fruit of the Loom to begin the trek back to her vehicle which was parked at Lee’s Famous Recipe in Jamestown.

When Elizabeth returned to the car, Sarah could not be located, according to authorities. She was last seen around Fruit of the Loom wearing an orange Under Armour tank top, gray Capri pants and pink and gray running shoes.

Around 6 a.m. Thursday, the Jamestown Police Department was first notified of Hart’s disappearance and a search, led by local authorities and the state police, ensued. Police dogs as well as a KSP helicopter were utilized in the extensive search before her body was located at 11:14 a.m.

The Jamestown and Russell Springs Police Departments, state police, Russell County Emergency Management, the rescue squad, several local volunteer fire departments, Russell County EMS and a multitude of volunteers assisted with the incident and subsequent search.

State police said the cause of Hart’s death had not yet been determined and the investigation is ongoing as of press time by local and state police as well as Russell County Coroner Larry Skaggs.

Hart was married and a mother of three. She worked as a pharmacist outside of Russell County, according to police.

(Note: A suspect has since been arrested and charged with murder in this case and more details will be published next week in the Regional News section in next week’s Clinton County News.)