Middlesex County DA: Victim Of Homicide In Lowell Identified

Press release from the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office:

November 27, 2021

LOWELL - Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Lowell Police Superintendent Kelly Richardson have confirmed the identity of the victim of a homicide that occurred on Llewelyn Street in Lowell as Dejah Jenkins-Minus, 22 of Boston. 

On November 26, 2021, at approximately 10:45 a.m., Lowell Police responded to a residence on Llewelyn Street to conduct a well-being check at the request of a person known to Dejah Jenkins-Minus. Officers found her body inside the residence with signs of apparent trauma. EMS responded to the scene and pronounced her dead.

Today after an autopsy the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled her death a homicide by multiple sharp force injuries.

This is not believed to be random incident. 

This is an active and ongoing investigation being conducted by the Middlesex District Attorney's Office, Massachusetts State Police Detectives assigned to that office and Lowell Police.

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