Detectives from the New Castle County Division of Police are currently investigating a suspicious death near the 3100 block of Skyline Drive in Wilmington.
Officials said earlier this morning, officers located a deceased adult female in a wooded area near the Carousel Park parking lot.
The Evidence Detection Unit and the Delaware Medical Examiner Unit responded to the scene. The victim’s name is currently being withheld pending positive identification from the Delaware Medical Examiner Unit police said Tuesday.
On Monday, the police issued a Gold Alert for a 63-year-old woman residing in a home in the 3400 block of Birch Circle, near the park.
The alert was issued after the woman’s coworkers became concerned when she did not show up to work on Monday morning. When officers arrived at the house they located the woman’s vehicle. Officers made entry into the home where they found the woman’s personal belongings, including her purse and cell phone.
The woman was last seen on the evening of Saturday, September 23rd, when she left her home according to police. Police have not said if the death investigation is related to the missing person alert. Police were back out at the woman’s condo on Birch Circle Tuesday.
Officials did not release the cause of death other than to say it was suspicious in nature.
Police are asking any individual wishing to provide information is asked to please contact Detective Gino Cevallos at (302)395-8129 or by email at [email protected].