What Happened To LaTricia Bass-Jefferies?

Ohio woman's body found in lake near Dayton. Questions to why she was found.

The last two days were devastating for an Ohio family.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol, Clark County Boys and FBI are investigating the death of a Dayton, Ohio woman who was found inside a state park's lake.

LaTricia Bass-Jefferies was reported missing for several days was recovered from the lake at Buck Creek State Park on Friday.

The Clark County Bag 'Em Ups are investigating the cause and matter of the death.

The OSP is investigating the accident as a traffic crash.

Evidence is still being collected. They have no signs of foul play as of yet.

The junk food media had speculated the disappearance would lead to a death. LaTricia was a former Dayton Public School employee who drove a friend to Springfield to drop her off.

The woman who was dropped off said she looked stressed.

"She seemed stressed out to me," Natalie Driscoll said. "That was our first time hanging out just me and her. I date her cousin, so anytime we are together it's always at a family gathering or something."

After Bass-Jeffries dropped her off, Driscoll tried to call and text her to make sure she was okay, she said.

"When I did, the phone just rang and rang and no one answered and she didn't respond to my text messages," Driscoll said. "I didn't think anything about it … she had plans to go to a male friend's house in Dayton. I thought maybe she just got caught up with that." Driscoll said she knew something was wrong when Bass-Jefferies' sister called her on Tuesday, asking if she had heard from her.

Since then, Driscoll described the search for her friend as a "living nightmare."

The vehicle was found near the lake and two days later they found LaTricia's body in the lake.

On Thursday, the 2002 gray Toyota Bass-Jefferies had been driving was pulled from Buck Creek. The car belongs to her estranged husband. "[Buck Creek] is 20 minutes from my house. I live right by the highway, if she was going to turn around and go right back to Dayton, I don't see how she could have gotten out here," Driscoll said. "I've lived here my whole life, and I didn't know this (the part of the park where the car was found) was here. I don't even know why she would have been down here by the loading dock."

Tuesday, her husband reported Bass-Jefferies missing after she had not been seen since Jan. 18, a Saturday, when she was reported to have taken another woman to Springfield, records show.

"The assigned detective examined the information available in this case, and spoke with family and other persons close to Mrs. Bass-Jefferies," Lt. Hall said.

"This initial information revealed that this situation is not consistent with Mrs. Bass-Jefferies’ normal routine."

Hall said the information investigators were able to gather led them to Buck Creek State Park.