BOSTON (WHDH) - Heartbroken family members of Jassy Correia are mourning the death of the 23-year-old mother they say was found dead in the trunk of a car in Delaware after the man suspected of kidnapping her was captured by police.
Family members held out hope all week that Correia would be found unharmed. But when police broke the news that she had been found dead, they gathered to remember her calling her “brave,” and “strong” and saying that she did not deserve this.
Correia’s younger brother confirmed his sister’s death through tears on Thursday.
“I can’t believe it,” he told reporters outside of his Dorchester home. “They just found her in the trunk.”
Family members and friends could be seen arriving at the house, some were overcome with emotion.
“They are in mourning, but they want everybody else to understand that this is not what any family should ever have to go through,” a spokesperson for the family said.
News of Correia’s death came shortly after law enforcement sources say Louis D. Coleman III was captured on a highway in Wilmington.
She leaves behind a 2-year-old daughter.
Authorities did not detail the nature of Correia’s death.
Family members are expected to give a statement later Thursday night.
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