Missing woman believed to have been found dead underneath garage floor after tipster called cops: DA

Authorities successful Massachusetts accidental they person recovered a assemblage they judge is simply a pistillate who has been missing for implicit a year. The assemblage was recovered underneath a store level aft the fishy allegedly admitted to a person helium committed a murder.

Shawn Sullivan, 40, is facing murder and different charges, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan told reporters astatine a property league connected Monday. Authorities are referring to the unfortunate arsenic "Jane Doe" until the remains — discovered successful a shallow sedate nether a store successful Tyngsborough — are identified, but Ryan indicated that investigators judge they beryllium to 43-year-old Jill Kloppenburg, who disappeared successful January 2025.

Kloppenburg was past seen connected Jan. 2, 2025, leaving her location successful the 700 artifact of Broadway successful Lowell. Activity connected her cellphone went acheronian astir 2 weeks later. She was reported missing connected Feb. 26, 2025.

On March 10 of this year, a person of Sullivan's contacted the Nashua Police Department successful New Hampshire to accidental Sullivan had admitted to sidesplitting a pistillate named Jill astir January 2025, Ryan said astatine Monday's property conference.

Using missing persons databases, cops determined Sullivan was apt talking astir Kloppenburg aft they learned the 2 were friends. Investigators connected Sunday searched a location connected Audrey Avenue successful Tyngsborough wherever Sullivan antecedently lived. Ground-penetrating radar indicated determination was thing buried nether a two-car store astatine the home, Ryan said.

Authorities discovered a assemblage underneath the store aft cautiously digging done a "large spot area" that was astir 5 feet agelong and 3 feet wide, according to Ryan. The unfortunate had been wrapped successful plastic, Ryan said.

A aesculapian examiner is moving connected positively identifying the assemblage arsenic belonging to Kloppenburg arsenic good arsenic a origin and mode of death, Ryan said. In summation to the Jane Doe execution charge, Sullivan is charged with battle and artillery with a unsafe limb causing superior bodily wounded and improper disposal of quality remains.

He's slated to beryllium arraigned connected Tuesday.

Friends antecedently told section Fox affiliate WFXT that they contacted cops aft they could not get clasp of Kloppenburg.

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"We're precise acrophobic due to the fact that she hasn't checked in. No substance what is going connected successful her life, she has ever checked successful with her friends," Ann Matlosz told the TV station.

Her uncle, Steven Kloppenburg, wrote connected Facebook that cops notified him Sunday evening astir uncovering the remains. He said his niece had a cause addiction occupation and had the propensity to subordinate with "violent men."

"Though we were not peculiarly close, I find myself walking astir since with eyes watery, connected the borderline of tears, for her loss, for what could person been," helium wrote. "There volition beryllium a resolution."