The death of a woman found along the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail in Cheshire in February has been ruled a suicide, according to police.
Police said they received a call just after 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 19 about suspicious items in the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail in the area between School House Road and West Johnson Avenue. Responding officers found a female's body around 70 feet off the trail, down an embankment and they called the State Police Major Crimes Division in to assist in the investigation.
The woman's body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and police said Friday the 49-year-old woman’s death was a suicide.
