Decomposing body found inside mattress in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania

Police found the unidentified body in an alley area behind a row of twin homes, just steps away from a playground.
Monday, January 16, 2023
UPPER DARBY, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Detectives are investigating after a woman's decomposing body was found inside a mattress in Upper Darby, Delaware County.

Authorities say the female victim's body was discovered in a residential rear alley along the 7000 block of Greenwood Avenue, near Church Lane.
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Paramedics were initially called to the scene around midnight Monday for a medical response.

They arrived to find the unidentified body in an alley area behind a row of twin homes, just steps away from a playground.

Police said the medical examiner determined the body is that of a white woman and ruled the death suspicious.

Additional testing will need to be done to determine the cause of death, but there was no evidence of blunt force trauma.
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Investigators said they don't currently have any missing persons reported in Upper Darby.



Anyone with information is asked to call police.
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