Apr 13, 2023

St. Joseph police identify body found in wooded area

Posted Apr 13, 2023 4:16 PM

By BRENT MARTIN

St. Joseph Post

St. Joseph police are investigating the death of a 43-year-old woman whose body was found in a wooded area off the intersection of 36th Street and Pickett Road.

Police identify the victim as Melanie Boydston.

Pedestrians walking near the intersection discovered the body shortly before seven o’clock Wednesday evening and contacted police.

The St. Joseph Police Department reports it is conducting an open death investigation.

The cause of death has not been disclosed. Police say they cannot be certain when Boydston died.