On Saturday, Nov. 25, at 3 a.m., Tess Richey, 22, was reported missing. She was last seen in the Church Street and Wellesley Street East area of Toronto.
On Wednesday, Nov. 29, at 3:30 p.m., she was found dead by her own mother, a family member told BayToday, outside a building undergoing construction.
It would have been her 23rd birthday.
Tess had left her sister, Rachel Richey's home, around 11:30 p.m. Friday night to meet up with an old friend from high school.
This morning in a news release, Toronto Police reported she had been murdered.
Yesterday, Friday, December 1, a post-mortem examination was conducted. The cause of death has been determined to be neck compression.
Homicide has now taken over the investigation.
See: Missing North Bay woman found dead
And: North Bay woman missing in Toronto
Richey's death is Toronto's 56th homicide of the year.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7400, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637). Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.