Sad: Missing College Student Found Murdered In Cobbs Creek
Damn, I hate to see stories like this happen so close to home.
Kierra Johnson, who was only reported missing for one day was found strangled in the Cobbs Creek area of Philadelphia.
A person out for a jog found a missing art college student’s body in a Philadelphia creek Friday morning.
The grisly discovery was made around 11 a.m. in the water of Cobbs Creek near Cobbs Creek Parkway and Spruce Street, Philadelphia police said.
Officers arrived to find Kierra Johnson dead. The 21-year-old's mother reported her missing the previous afternoon, Police Capt. John Ryan said. She was a student at Hussian School of Art in Center City.
A medical examiner over the weekend ruled Johnson died by strangulation, Ryan said.
It was unclear if Johnson was killed and then her body dumped in the water or if she was killed in the creek.
"It doesn't appear that the body was there for very long," Ryan said.Investigators hope to retrace Johnson's movements and find out if she was with anyone in the hours before her death. Homicide Unit officials are searching for a motive, police said. -(Dan Stamm, NBC Philadelphia)