BOSTON (WHDH) - Police have identified the teenager found dead in an East Boston garage as 19-year-old Blanca Lainez.
According to Boston police, officers responded to a radio call shortly before 9:00 a.m. Wednesday for a person down on Princeton Street.
When officers arrived, they found Lainez inside of a garage of a home under construction suffering from undetermined traumatic injuries. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to her friends, she lived in Chelsea but was originally from El Salvador.
Construction workers told 7News that she was found face down and had cuts on her.
The Boston Police Department is actively investigating the situation, and anyone with information is urged to contact them at (617) 343-4470.
(Copyright (c) 2024 Sunbeam Television. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)