Crime & Safety
Body Found In Oakland County School Parking Lot: Reports
Investigators don't suspect any foul play and said the community is safe.
ROCHESTER, MI — Police are investigating after a body was found in a Rochester school parking lot on Wednesday, according to local reports.
Officers found the 63-year-old woman dead at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of McGregor Elementary School, located in the area of Livernois and Harding avenues, reports said.
Investigators believe the woman took her own life and were waiting for autopsy results.
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Officials said no students or staff were injured during the incident. Students were dismissed Wedensday from the school's exit on Willow Grove Lane. Classes resumed Thursday.
Rochester Community School officials also put down rumors that the police situation was connected to a chemical spill.
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"Local law enforcement has confirmed that the rumors are false, and that at no time was any member of our school community at risk of being harmed," school officials said.
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