PHOTO BY PAULA MULLER
Lynn Police received a report on Tuesday morning that an adult female was deceased in a tent about 30 feet off a road running into Lynn Woods from the Pennybrook Road entrance.
LYNN — Foul play is not suspected in the death of a woman found in Lynn Woods Tuesday, the Essex District Attorney’s office said.
Lynn Police received a report on Tuesday morning that an adult female was deceased in a tent on the reservation. The victim appeared to be living in the tent. One of the people who also lived in the makeshift home made the report, according to Carrie Kimball-Monahan, the DA’s spokeswoman.
Police located the tent about 30 feet off a road running into the park from the Pennybrook Road entrance. The medical examiner removed the body shortly before noon as police looked on. Four other people apparently living in the tent packed up personal items and prepared to leave the area under police supervision. The tent contained a generator, heater and sleeping bags.
Lynn Police Lt. Rick Donnelly said the woman was 28 years old, formerly of Lynn and was homeless at the time of her death. The woman’s name was not released pending her identification and notification of family.
“We got a call this morning to go up and check on someone and that’s how we discovered it,” he said.
Dan Small, a woods ranger, said he spotted the tent and its residents Tuesday morning before police were summoned. He had gone into the Pennybrook Road entrance to clear away trees that fell across the woods access road during Monday’s storm.
“I told them, ‘You can’t camp here,’” he said.
After the woman’s body was removed, Small assisted her friends in removing items from the camp.
