Crime & Safety

Police: Rocky Hill Body is Middletown Woman Missing Since January

Man walking dog near private golf course found badly decomposed body Monday morning, buried in a shallow grave: report.

The remains of a woman found earlier this week in Rocky Hill has been identified as a Middletown woman missing since Jan. 1

Police say the badly decomposed body discovered early Monday morning in a shallow grave by a Hartford lawyer walking his dog in a remote sand pit near a private PGA golf course is that of Lisa Shannon, 44, of College Street.

Middletown Police had been searching for Shannon since Jan. 25, the Hartford Courant reports.

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According to Lt. J. Paul Vance, the medical examiner has not determined the
cause of death.


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