Body found in Methuen the result of suicide

By Jim Patten
Staff Writer

June 25, 2008 12:04 am

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METHUEN — Police have identified the body found Friday afternoon on the city's east side as that of a 28-year-old Tewksbury woman who they believe may have lived in Methuen.

The death appears to be a suicide, investigators said.

"No foul play is suspected," said Steve O'Connell, spokesman for the Essex district attorney's office.

The body was discovered by a hitchhiker near the Independence Drive area, who called police to the scene, investigators said.

The Eagle-Tribune does not identify victims of suicide.