Untimely Death Ruled Suicide: Cheshire Police

CHESHIRE, CT — The death of a woman who was found off the Farmington Canal Trail in February has been ruled a suicide, according to Cheshire Police. The untimely death investigation was launched at about 9:35 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the trail after police received a complaint of suspicious items in the area.

The investigation was focused between School House Road and West Johnson Avenue, police said. Responding officers found the body of a 49-year-old woman about 70 feet from the trail, down an embankment, according to police.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has ruled the manner of death as suicide, police said in an update on Friday afternoon. The investigation has been closed and the incident has been deemed non-criminal, police said.