Woman's Body Found in Valencia

The body of a woman was found in a forested area off Oropuche road in Valencia yesterday afternoon. According to reports at around 3.30 pm yesterday, officers of the Eastern Division received calls from residents that a woman was seen down a precipice in a heavily forested area off Oropouche road in Valencia. A party of officers visited the scene and discovered the body of a woman in her late thirties clad in a blue three-quarter jeans and blue striped t-shirt lying face down in the precipice.

According to police sources the body showed marks of violence and foul play has not been ruled out. An autopsy is expected to be carried out today to determine a cause of death. Newsday understands that the body is said to match the description of a woman who reportedly went missing several days earliers, however up until press time police were unable to confirm whether this was the missing woman.

Officers of the North Eastern Division are continuing their investigations.