Authorities released the name of a woman found dead in a ditch in Blaine this week, but it’s still unclear how she died.
A maintenance worker found the body of Jennifer Ng, 52, submerged in the drainage ditch behind the National Sports Center around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to information released Wednesday by the Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office.
Blaine police and the Anoka County sheriff’s office opened an investigation.
While there were no “obvious signs of trauma” detectable on Ng’s body, authorities are waiting for autopsy reports before commenting on her cause of death, said Paul Sommer, a spokesman for the Anoka County sheriff’s office.Blaine police said Tuesday that no foul play was suspected.
A spokeswoman for the medical examiner’s office said she didn’t know when the woman’s official cause of death would be released.
A relative of Ng’s declined to comment.