Troopers investigating body found in Rappahannock, near Girardville
SHERRY STREETER / SENTINEL PHOTO - Police officers converge on Rappahannock, Butler Township, where a woman was found dead on April 8, 2019.
By Kaylee Lindenmuth
RAPPAHANNOCK – Available details are few after a woman was found dead by a postal worker in a village near Girardville Monday afternoon.
State troopers and Butler Township police have been at the scene on Rapp Road in Butler Township since around 1:00pm this afternoon.
Authorities were called to 21 Rapp Road around 1:00pm, when a postal worker found the body of a woman, who has not yet been identified. She was pronounced dead at the scene by Schuylkill County Deputy Coroner Andrew J. Szczyglak.”The police are still processing the scene,” Szczyglak said around 6:00pm this afternoon, declining to provide further information.
The police investigation centers on an area near where a Reading, Blue Mountain, and Northern Railroad branch line crosses Rapp Road.
Troopers at the scene declined to provide information, and a call and email to Trooper David Beohm, Troop L Public Information Officer, were not immediately returned.
A media release just before 11:00pm Monday said a 30-year-old woman was found dead at the scene. Her name will be released upon notification of next of kin, troopers said.
The Troop L Major Case Team is investigating, and an autopsy will be conducted on the victim.
UPDATE 11:04pm – The woman has been identified as Linda Marie McCoy, 30, of Cressona.
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