Woman's Body Found in Backyard

A woman's body was found in the backyard of a property on New Street in Camden on Tuesday morning.

Police weren't ready to say if her death was suspicious or not.

The scene is a few block away from where the bodies of two murder victims were found buried in the backyard of a rowhome on the 500 block of Berkley Street.

Michael Hawkins of Mt. Holly was shot several times and suffered blunt force trauma, according to police. The other victim, Muriah Ashley Huff, was strangled.

Hawkins, 23, and Huff, 18, were buried shortly after they were killed. Investigators say that probably happened on Tuesday, Feb. 23.

Their bodies were found two days later, although police have not said how the buried bodies were discovered.

Police are not saying that there is any connection at all between the body found Tuesday and last week's homicide.


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