The authorities are requesting help from anyone who may have seen anything suspicious on the Sunday afternoon of the Google account manager’s murder.
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Princeton Town Administrator Nina Nazarian said people in town scheduled a vigil for Tuesday night to honor Marcotte and show support for her family. Her body was found “stripped and damaged” with burns on her hands, feet and face.
The tip line phone number is (508) 453-7589.
The first killing happened on August 2 in Queens, New York, when Karina Vetrano, 30, was strangled to death while out for a jog along a path she often ran with her father.
Residents of Princeton, a sleepy town of 3500 about 65km west of Boston, were urged to use caution after Vanessa Marcotte’s body was found on Monday.
When asked if investigators are considering Marcotte’s death related to the recent murder of Karina Vetrano, the 30-year-old woman killed while jogging through a park in Queens, New York last week, Worcester County District Attorney Spokesman Tim Connolly said, “We have ruled nothing out yet”. Her body was found in woods about a half-mile away Sunday night.
“We’re so terribly sad for her family and friends”, Colin Riley, the executive director of media relations at Boston University, told ABC News. Quigley says Marcotte “immediately knew that’s what she wanted to do”.
Authorities are asking for the public’s help in the investigation into the killing of a New York City woman whose body was found in woods near her mother’s home in central MA.
Vanessa Marcotte left her mother’s house in the small town of Princeton on Sunday to go for a run, but never returned. A source told NewsCenter 5 that she was found naked and burned near Brooks Station Road. Her death marked the third killing of a female jogger in nine days, though police say the tragedies are unrelated. More than 100 tips have come in over the three lines, Procopio said.
Vanessa Marcotte, 27, was visiting her mother in Princeton, Massachusetts, when she went for a jog or walk around 1 p.m. on Sunday. He says it appears to be a homicide.
Police said they did not know if the attack was random or if Marcotte was targeted.
In the statement, she was described as “a much loved member of the Google team.known for her ubiquitous smile, passion for volunteer work, and love of Boston sports”.
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“Vanessa Marcotte was a much loved member of the Google team, working in our NY office for the previous year and a half, and known for her ubiquitous smile, passion for volunteer work and love of Boston sports”, a Google spokesperson told CNN.
