UPDATE:The woman whose body was found June 17 on Patterson Road in Gaines Township has been identified as April Renee Keenan, 35, of Grand Rapids and Jenison, the Kent County Sheriff’s Office reports. There were no external signs of trauma. The cause of death will not be released until the autopsy is complete, which could take several weeks if toxicology results are required.
Detectives are asking anyone with information or who know of April’s whereabouts prior to her death to call the Kent County Sheriff Department at 616-632-6357 or Silent Observer at 616-774-2345.
ORIGINAL STORY:
The Kent County Sheriff’s Department has issued a new release reporting a woman walking in the 8100 block of Patterson Avenue in Gaines Township today discovered a deceased woman near a fence line off the road.
Investigators are currently on the scene and gathering information regarding the circumstances of the death and identification of the white woman in her 30s. The medical examiner will determine the cause of death. Additional information will be released when the identity of the victim has been determined and the family has been notified.
