Woman Found Dead In Hill Park

by Mona Mahadevan The New Haven independent

Cynthia Chamberlain, a 59-year-old woman from New Haven, was found dead Monday afternoon by children playing in a park in the Hill.

City police spokesperson Officer Christian Bruckhart said in a press release that officers were dispatched to the 100 block of Hallock Avenue at around 5:43 p.m. Monday for the report of a sudden death.

“Children playing in the park located an unresponsive female under the tree line next to the fence. Emergency services were dispatched and pronounced the unknown female deceased.” The woman was later identified as Chamberlain.

An autopsy report did not find any evident trauma, but the department is still waiting for results of a toxicology screen, according to the police department’s press release.

Chamberlain was reported missing on Feb. 10.

Police ask that anyone who may have witnessed this incident or who may have information valuable to investigators to call detectives at 203-946-6304 or through the department’s anonymous tip-line at 866-888-TIPS (8477).