Police investigating woman’s body found in wooded area of Northeast Philadelphia

Philadelphia police on Thursday night were investigating the discovery of a woman’s body in a wooded area of the city’s Bustleton section.

The body was discovered Thursday afternoon near Verree Road and Tustin Avenue, police said. The woman, described as unidentified, was pronounced dead at the scene by medics.

The body was transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office to determine the cause of death, which police labeled as suspicious.

Fox29 reported that the body was believed to be that of a woman who was reported missing and who was last seen on Halloween night.

Family members of the woman have been posting on Facebook saying she had called her mother saying she was being held against her will by a man. The family members posted on Wednesday that the woman’s car had been found abandoned outside a junkyard.

No other details were immediately available.