PRINCETON, MASSACHUSETTS — Police are investigating the death of a jogger in Princeton, Massachusetts after her body was found on Sunday night.
Google employee Vanessa Marcotte left her mother’s home for a jog at 1 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, reported ABC-affiliate WCVB Channel 5 Boston.
Police officers later found her body at 8:20 p.m. around half a mile from her mother’s home. There were burns on her head, hands and feet, reported ABC 7 New York.
Police are also investigating the possibility she may’ve been sexually assaulted, reported Fox 25 Boston.
Marcotte’s death follows a similar case from last week in Queens, New York when Karina Vetrano, 30, was murdered while she was jogging.