Copley detectives are investigating after an out-of-state woman was found dead in a hotel on Rothrock Loop on New Year’s Day.
According to Copley Police Chief Michael Mier, officers responded to the hotel around 6:30 p.m. after the body of 24-year-old Shawnna Elizabeth Pasquale, of Erie, Pennsylvania, was found in one of the rooms.
Mier said the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that Pasquale died “as a result of a physical assault.”
The victim’s sister, Rachel Pasquale, said Shawnna came to Copley about a month ago and was living in the hotel…