Dead Woman Found in Dedham ID'd as Boston Resident

DEDHAM, MA — The name of a woman whose remains were found in Dedham last week was released Monday afternoon.

Dedham Police Chief Michael J. d’Entremont and Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey announced Monday afternoon that the remains belong to missing Boston resident Susan Anyanwu-Corbin.

Anyanwu-Corbin, who died at the age of 22, was reported as missing to the Boston Police Department by a family member in February 2016. She was born in Nigeria and moved to Boston 4-5 yeas ago, Morrissey said. She had various addresses in Dorchester, Roslindale, and Hyde Park and worked in retail.

Authorities say a person who saw a photo of a bracelet found on Anyanwu-Corbin led to her identification though a dental comparison. Police still do not know how she disappeared or the cause of her death.

Anyanwu-Corbin's remains were discovered last Tuesday evening by a man who was walking in the area near High Street and Brookfield Cemetery. After coming upon skeletal remains, the man contacted the Dedham Police Department. A police search of the area later that evening and Wednesday morning turned up more bones which were confirmed to be human by the state's chief medical examiner.

The area where the remains were recovered is near the Boston line and is separated by a fence from a senior housing complex and also bounded the parking lot at 379 High St. and the Brookdale Cemetery.

Investigators are looking for anyone who talked to Anyanwu-Corbin or has any information about her going back to February 2016. If you have any information about the matter, you are asked to call state police detectives attached to the Norfolk County District Attorney's office at 781-830-4990 or the Dedham Police Department at 781-751-9300.

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