Police have recognized a lady discovered lifeless in a cemetery in New Haven on Friday.
Naysha Mendez, 35, was discovered lifeless on a mud path close to the crematorium within the Evergreen Cemetery on Ella Grasso Boulevard simply earlier than 8 p.m., in keeping with police.
An individual strolling their canine discovered Mendez’s physique, police stated.
Chief Karl Jacobson stated Mendez suffered a big variety of wounds that indicated her dying was a murder, however didn’t specify what these wounds have been.
Chief Jacobson stated that is an remoted incident that there isn’t a hazard to the general public.
Mendez lived in New Haven’s Hill neighborhood, in keeping with the chief. He stated her household is cooperating with the investigation.
Detectives have collected a big quantity of proof and the investigation is progressing quickly, police stated.
