(Pinckneyville, IL)  --  Southern Illinois Authorities say the body found in a Perry County creek last weekend was a 15-year-old runaway girl.  Family members have identified the victim as Sidnee Stephens of Pinkneyville. She was pulled from the Beaucoup Creek near Pinckneyville Sunday.  The teen's cause of death has not been identified, but they are investigating it as a homicide.

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