Woman finds 18-year-old’s body behind her home in Massachusetts, official says

A woman called 911 after finding a body behind her home in Massachusetts, an official said.

When police arrived at the house, they found an 18-year-old woman dead outside on June 13 in Everett, according to the Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan and Everett Chief of Police Steven Mazzie.

It’s unclear how she died, as officers didn’t see any “obvious injuries” on her body, Ryan’s office said in a June 13 news release.

Her death is considered suspicious due to where she was discovered, according to the office.

The woman’s identity wasn’t included in the release. Law enforcement officials haven’t released her name as of June 14.

Her cause and manner of death will be determined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the office said.

Everett is about 4 miles north of Boston.

This story was originally published June 14, 2023 at 9:33 AM with the headline "Woman finds 18-year-old’s body behind her home in Massachusetts, official says."

Julia Marnin

McClatchy DC

Julia Marnin covers courts for McClatchy News, writing about criminal and civil affairs, including cases involving policing, corrections, civil liberties, fraud, and abuses of power. As a reporter on McClatchy’s National Real-Time Team, she’s also covered the COVID-19 pandemic and a variety of other topics since joining in 2021, following a fellowship with Newsweek. Born in Biloxi, Mississippi, she was raised in South Jersey and is now based in New York State.