Medical examiner IDs body found in shed behind Knoxville home
A body was found Saturday behind a home in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood, Pittsburgh police said.
Officers responded to a report of a possible body in the 300 block of Reifert Street around 4:30 p.m.
There, police said officers found a dead person in a shed.
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner early Sunday morning identified the woman as 38-year-old Crystal Leshner. A cause and manner of death was not yet provided.
Further information regarding Leshner were not immediately available.
Detectives were continuing to investigate.
Police confirm a body was found in a shed on Reifert Street in Carrick. @WPXI pic.twitter.com/nU5miVA8SH
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Brian C. Rittmeyer is a TribLive reporter covering news in New Kensington, Arnold and Plum. A Pittsburgh native and graduate of Penn State University's Schreyer Honors College, Brian has been with the Trib since December 2000. He can be reached at brittmeyer@triblive.com.
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