A body found in a suitcase in Washington late last month has been identified as a woman who vanished last year.
On September 27, outreach workers reportedly discovered Shannon Reeder’s body in a large suitcase at a homeless encampment in Seattle. KOMO reported that Reeder, 37, was found deceased days after a shooting at the encampment, which officials were in the process of clearing out.
Reeder’s death is being investigated as a homicide, according to KCPQ.
Reeder lived in the area, but it is unclear where she died. Washington State Patrol said she was last seen alive in September 2023.
Workers reportedly found Reeder’s body after smelling a foul odor at the encampment.
“Death in the outdoors and especially death at the hands of someone who has done evil to another person can create great indignities to a human body and this body suffered those indignities,” WSP Spokesperson Chris Loftis told KIRO.
Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to call Detective John Ford at 425-401-7742 or Detective Ivan Sergeev at 425-401-771.
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[Feature Photo: KCPQ video screengrab]
