According to the Rome News-Tribune, the sisters were identified as 19-year-old Vanita Nicole "Vera" Richardson and 30-year-old Truvenia Clarece "Bean" Campbell.
Investigators said Georgia Department of Transportation workers were performing routine maintenance when they found the bodies near the Etowah River under a bypass bridge in the city of Rome.
“We’ve been called to assist on the investigation into two bodies that were found just over the bridge here that were apparently dropped over the bridge,” said Brian Johnston of the Georgia Bureau Of Investigation.
Battalion Chief Brad Beall said fire crews used "a 70-foot aerial ladder with a four-to-one haul system with a Stokes basket to hoist the victims up over the side of the bridge and get them in the care of the coroner."
