Woman found dead in Smith Creek identified

The New Hanover County Sheriff's Office is conducting a death investigation after a body was found floating in Smith Creek off of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Saturday afternoon.

According to a news release, detectives recovered the body of 29-year-old Anna Lynn Walker floating in the waterway near the Wilmington International Airport just after 1 p.m.

Walker was reported missing from Oak Island earlier this month.

This is an ongoing investigation, and more information will be reported as it becomes available, the release stated.

This article originally appeared on Wilmington StarNews: Investigation underway after woman's body found in Wilmington creek