Crime & Safety
Police Identify Woman, 'Homicide' Victim, Found Dead In Cemetery: NHPD
The body of a New Haven woman, 35, was found Friday in Evergreen Cemetery. Investigators suspected it was a homicide; the ME confirmed it.
NEW HAVEN, CT — Friday night just before 8 p.m., cops, responding to a 911 call coming from Evergreen Cemetery, on Grasso Blvd., discovered a 35-year-old New Haven woman dead on a dirt path near the cemetery's crematorium.
Police said that, "based on the number of wounds to Naysha Mendez’s body, it was evident to investigators that this was a homicide."
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the manner of a death was a homicide, confirming investigators' suspicions.
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Police said Monday that, "Detectives arrived on scene and worked around the clock all weekend, conducting interviews and following up on numerous leads. We have collected a significant amount of evidence and the investigation is progressing rapidly."
New Haven police detectives are still actively working this case and ask that anyone who may have
witnessed this incident or who may have information valuable to investigators to
call us 203-946-6304 or through the department's anonymous tip-line at 866-888-
TIPS (8477).
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