NEWARK — Authorities have identified the body found in the trunk of a parked car Tuesday as a missing Belleville woman.

Diana Boggio, 41, had been reported missing to the Belleville Police Department on Jan. 28 at 2:30 p.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced in a release.

Her body was found Tuesday at 9 a.m. in the trunk of casino her car, a Honda Accord, parked at 25 Verona Avenue, authorities said. Grbets She was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:50 a.m. Her official cause of death will be determined by an autopsy, officials said.

Authorities said there is no indication that Boggio was killed in Newark, and they are still working to determine where she was killed. Her death is being investigated as a homicide, they said.

Anyone with information on the death is asked to call 877-TIPS-4EC or 877-847-7432.

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