Crime And Law

ID released for woman whose body was found in vacant Dayton lot

DAYTON — The body of a 31-year-old woman was found Friday in a vacant lot, tightly wrapped in a blue cloth.

The woman was identified Sunday night as Kathleen Driscoll, according to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office.

Dayton police responded shortly before 1:30 p.m. Jan. 12 to a report of a body found in a vacant lot behind the 30 block of Ernst Avenue.

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Police confirmed Driscoll’s death was under investigation as a homicide. However, the coroner’s office has not released her cause and manner of death.

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According to a Dayton police report, Driscoll’s body was found in brush in the rear of the vacant lot, covered by a “tightly wrapped” blue sheet secured with black tape.

It is not clear when Driscoll's body was placed in the lot, but one of the neighbors told police the body was not there Jan. 8 when she last was in the lot.

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