Dead Body Found in White Park

Concord Police are in White Park at this hour recovering the body of a woman that was found in the woods behind the children’s playground area earlier today.

A woman and children playing in the park reportedly discovered the body at around 2 p.m. on July 31, 2015, according to witnesses who were at the scene and contacted Concord NH Patch. At the time, they believed the woman to be just relaxing. But after one of them noticed the woman in the same position an hour later and she didn’t respond to attempts to wake her up, they called police.

Patch confirmed the presence of police on both sides of the park, including an officer keeping children who were playing at the playground from the area.

According to scanner chatter, around 4:30 p.m., the state’s medical examiner was called to the scene to examine the body. The identity of the body is unknown and Concord Police had not returned an email requesting information about the discovery at post time.

A few hours ago, police issued a missing person alert for Tina Russell, a woman who went missing around 1 p.m. on July 30, 2015, and had not been seen from since. She lived on Rumford Street, not far from the park.

Concord NH Patch will follow up this post when more information becomes available.