BODY FOUND IN SOMERSET CO.

(PRINCESS ANNE, MD) – Maryland State Police have initiated an investigation and are processing the scene where a body was found late this afternoon in a rural area of Somerset County.

Identification of the body cannot be immediately made. The body is being transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy and positive identification efforts.

Just before 5:00 p.m. today, troopers from the Princess Anne Barrack were dispatched to the 13000-block of Loretto Road, Princess Anne, in response to a call for a body that had been found. Upon arrival, troopers observed the body of an unidentified deceased person lying on the ground in the woods about ¼ mile from Loretto Road.

The wooded area where the body was found is behind the Supreme Council of the House of Jacob Church on Loretto Road. Members of the congregation had been back in the woods this afternoon and unexpectedly found the body.

There are signs of trauma to the body, but specific information about that trauma will not be released at this time. Investigators from the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit have responded and will be conducting the investigation. Crime scene technicians from the State Police Forensic Sciences Division are processing the scene for evidence.

State Police investigators are aware of the continuing search for the missing woman from Wicomico County. Troopers have notified members of the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office about the recovery of this body. There is no confirmation at this time that this body is that of the missing woman.

The investigation is continuing.