Overview
- Police said Brown’s body was discovered Monday afternoon inside a gray 2025 Mitsubishi Outlander parked at the Green Hill Towers complex on Mount Vernon Street.
- Detectives identified the deceased as Joanna Brown, 30, who was reported missing Sunday after leaving her Bean Counter Bakery shift Friday morning for a personal matter.
- The Worcester County District Attorney’s Office and the Worcester Police Detective Bureau are leading the investigation into the circumstances of her death.
- Investigators erected a tent over the SUV, photographed the scene, called in the medical examiner, and later towed the vehicle for forensic processing.
- Officials have not disclosed a cause or manner of death and are seeking tips at 508-799-8651 or by texting TIPWPD to 274637.