Powell Woman Killed In Italy

Police suspect 23-year-old Allison Owens was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver.(Photo: "Allison Rhea Owens -- Missing in Italy" Facebook page.)

8:52AM

October 5, 2011

by The Associated Press

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Police suspect 23-year-old Allison Owens was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver.(Photo: "Allison Rhea Owens -- Missing in Italy" Facebook page.)

Italian police say they have found the body of a Powell woman missing in Tuscany for three days, and believe she was the victim of a hit-and-run driver.

Police told reporters at a news conference Wednesday that a body they believe to be 23-year-old Allison Owens was found in a canal beside a heavily trafficked road. Police say she may have been using an iPod and not heard a car approaching.

Tests have been ordered to determine the cause of death.

Owens was in Italy working as a tour guide. She was last seen alive Sunday afternoon.