The body of a missing Mount Prospect woman was found in a forest preserve about three miles from her home a day after she was reported missing, Mount Prospect police said.
About 9:30 a.m. Sunday, a body was found in Busse Woods, and the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department and the Cook County Forest Preserve Police Department began a death investigation, Mount Prospect police said.
They identified the woman as 23-year-old Atalia Pucheta Martinez, who had been reported missing to Mount Prospect police Saturday at 1:51 p.m. An investigation into her death is ongoing.
“This appears to be an isolated incident, and there is no threat to the community,” Officer Gregory Sill with the Mount Prospect Police Department, said in a statement Sunday night.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Mount Prospect Police Department at (847) 870-5654.