Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Landscaper Finds Body in West Bloomfield Pond
Local news reports indicate the body may have been in the pond for a week.
UPDATE: West Bloomfield Police Chief Michael Patton told the Detroit Free Press Friday that the young woman whose body was found in a West Bloomfield pond may have lived near where she was found.
The woman's body was found Thursday afternoon near a home on Valleyview Lane. The street is located south of Lone Pine and east of Orchard Lake Road.
According to WJBK-TV, a landscaper found the body in water behind a home. Neighbors told the station they believe the woman's death may be connected to a car that had been parked in the area for several days. A report quotes police sources as saying the death may have been a suicide or drug overdose.
WXYZ-TV reports sources have said the body may have been in the pond for "at least a week".
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