Niagara Falls police have identified the woman whose body was discovered buried behind a vacant home on 22nd Street, though authorities have not yet publicly released her name while family notification efforts continue.
The grim discovery was made in the early hours of Tuesday, June 9th, during a missing person investigation that led detectives to a shallow grave behind a vacant residence in the 400 block of 22nd Street.
According to investigators, members of the Niagara Falls Police Criminal Investigation Division and Crime Scene Unit uncovered human remains buried in a small makeshift grave behind 417 22nd Street. The burial site measured roughly two feet wide, three feet long and approximately 18 inches deep…