Crime & Safety
Woman's Body Found Hanging In Tree Near Atlanta
A Fulton County Police spokesperson confirmed the grisly discovery at about 6 a.m. on Monday.
There was a heavy police presence around Old National Highway and Flat Shoals Road in the early-morning hours, WSB-TV reported. Around 6 a.m., a Fulton County Police spokesperson confirmed to the station that a woman's body had been found hanging in the tree.
Police were not confirming that the incident was a suicide. But the spokesperson said foul play is not suspected. The woman had not been publicly identified Monday morning.
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BREAKING—This is truly disturbing. A Channel 2 photographer first on the scene saw a person’s body attached to a tree at a South Fulton Walmart parking lot. The medical examiner’s office is here. pic.twitter.com/zRuU8RSlJs
— Rikki Klaus (@RikkiKlausWSB) May 14, 2018
We finally got ahold of the police spokeswoman after calling through the early morning hours, emailing. She said officers came out and found a woman hanging. She wouldn’t confirm whether it was a suicide when we asked but said there is NO foul play. pic.twitter.com/m8UBTkGUHT
— Rikki Klaus (@RikkiKlausWSB) May 14, 2018
Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone
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