BODY FOUND IN SOMERSET CO. IDENTIFIED AS MISSING WOMAN

(PRINCESS ANNE, MD) – Maryland State Police investigators have been notified that positive identification of the body found late yesterday afternoon in Somerset County has been made and is the woman who has been missing from Wicomico County for more than a week.

The victim was identified as Alice E. Davis, 55, of the 3500-block of Allen Road, Eden, Md. The identification was made late this afternoon through dental record comparison at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore.

A cause of death has not been determined. Although trauma on the body has been observed, further forensic examinations and tests are being conducted. More specific information will not be provided at this time.

Notification regarding this identification was made to the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office. Police have made notification to the family of Ms. Davis.

Just before 5:00 p.m. yesterday, troopers from the Princess Anne Barrack were dispatched to the 13000-block of Loretto Road, Princess Anne, in response to a call for a body that had been found. Upon arrival, troopers observed the body of an unidentified deceased person lying on the ground in the woods about one-quarter mile from Loretto Road.

The wooded area where the body was found is behind the Supreme Council of the House of Jacob Church on Loretto Road. Members of the congregation were in the woods yesterday afternoon and unexpectedly found the body.

Investigators from the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit are continuing their investigation. They are in contact with and working in coordination with the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office and the Wicomico County Bureau of Investigation.