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Summer Inman's body found in church septic system

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(CBS/WBNS) NELONVILLE, Ohio - Authorities have found the body of Summer Inman, the 25-year-old Ohio mother of three who had been missing since March 22.

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Inman's body was discovered Tuesday night in the septic system of a church located in Southeast Ohio, reports CBS affiliate WBNS.

Investigators searched the area behind Faith Tabernacle Church located on U.S. Route 33, after receiving information from a member of the Inman family. Officers had to unscrew a cover to the septic system in order to remove Inman's body, reports the station.

Police did not elaborate on how Inman may have died; they are still awaiting the autopsy report, the station reports.

Police allege that Inman's estranged husband, William A. Inman II, 26, and his parents, William A. Inman, 47, and Sandra Inman, 46 are responsible for her disappearance. They remain in the Southeast Ohio Regional Jail after their arrests on kidnapping charges last week, reports the station.

Summer and William were married in 2004, but the couple separated last year. Since then she was granted a civil protection order, the station reports.

In court documents pertaining to William and Summer Inman's  divorce, Summer claimed her husband "threatened to kill" her if she ever "took the children from him." She also stated in the documents that her in-laws would "gang up on me to just work things out," reports the station.

Neighbors said that the Inman family was ruled by William Inman and referred to him as "hyper," "controlling" and "scary," according to the station.

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