On Sunday afternoon, 27-year-old Vanessa Marcotte left her mother’s house to go for a run and never returned.
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The 27-year-old Marcotte was an account manager for Google in NY.
Vanessa Marcotte, 27, was found Sunday night by a state police canine unit, near Brooks Station Road in Princeton, Massachusetts, about a half-mile from her mother’s home.
A New York City woman slain after going on a jog Sunday while visiting her mother in MA was found naked and burned, sources tell CBS Boston.
This undated driver license photo released by the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office shows Vanessa Marcotte, of NY. She was back in MA this weekend visiting family.
This undated driver license photo released by the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office shows Vanessa Marcotte, of NY, whose body was found Sunday night, August 7, 2016, in the woods about a half-mile from her mother’s home in the town of Princeton, Mass., about 40 miles west of Boston.
Detectives have chased about two dozen leads, police said.
Vanessa Marcotte was a Leominster native and worked as an accounts manager at Google in New York City. Police do not know whether she was sexually assaulted or set on fire, but they are investigating the possibility.
The tip line phone number is (508) 453-7589.
WBUR reported that authorities have asked for the public’s help to identify any suspect or suspects in Marcotte’s murder. “We’re so terribly sad for her family and friends”, said Colin Riley, the executive director of media relations at Boston University.
They urged anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area Sunday afternoon to call them.
Marcotte was a 2011 graduate of Boston University, which also mourned her death. “Somehow she immediately knew that’s what she wanted to do”, Quigley said.
When asked about a similar incident that took place at Spring Creek Park in Queens, N.Y. on August 2, Early said they haven’t ruled anything out but said they haven’t sent investigators to New York City.
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A gruesome murder has residents on edge in Princeton, where a woman out for an afternoon jog was found dead Sunday. He says it appears to be a homicide. Authorities don’t know if the attack was random and are asking the public to stay alert and contact them if they see anything unusual. The company says she was a much loved member of the team.
