The family of 28-year-old Alyssa Itchue, who was found in a shallow grave last week, is trying to figure out what happened to her and believes someone knows something.
Her family is overwhelmed with grief and are seeking answers about what happened to the young woman.. On Monday, authorities have identified who that woman is but not yet how she got there.Her family is overwhelmed with grief and are seeking answersHer mom, Sonia Smith, talked with FOX 2's Jessica Dupnack as she tries to process what happened. She said she's feeling a sense of numbness after learning her daughter's body was found behind an abandoned home last week.
"I can’t believe this is where we are - burying my first child this way," Smith said. "I knew it was her. It was instinct, I knew it was her." Fingerprints confirmed her intuition: her 28-year-old had been addicted to heroin for about three years and was released from rehab in September. Smith believed her daughter was about to turn her life around.
"She said she was ready to be clean, that she was tired of the life. So I was very optimistic this was it," Smith said.After she was released from rehab, Itchue was back on the streets.She searched for her daughter and acquaintances and said sightings were reported until November when Detroit Police put out a missing person's flier. Smith said she doesn't know what her daughter was doing the past few months.
A cause of death has not yet been determined. The Wayne County Medical Examiner said that takes up to 8 weeks. However, Detroit Police Chief James White said they anticipate a cause of death to be determined in the next week or so.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Detroit Lions knock Green Bay Packers from playoff berth, earn first winning season since 2017Detroit Lions have their first winning season since 2017, after upsetting Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay Packers to eliminate them from NFL playoffs.
Read more »
Green Bay Packers LB Quay Walker ejected for shoving Detroit Lions athletic trainerThe Green Bay Packers' Quay Walker was ejected after he shoved an athletic trainer while he was tending to Detroit Lions running back D'Andre Swift.
Read more »
Detroit Lions knock Green Bay Packers from playoff berth, earn first winning season since 2017The Detroit Lions may have fallen just short of a postseason berth, but the team rallied for their eighth win in 10 games behind a record-breaking performance from Jamaal Williams.
Read more »
Green Bay Packers’ Quay Walker apologizes after shoving a Detroit Lions team physicianPackers linebacker Quay Walker has apologized via social media after getting ejected from Green Bay’s regular-season finale for shoving a Lions team physician who was attending to an injured player.
Read more »
James Harden’s triple-double, balanced scoring lead undermanned Sixers to 123-111 rout of PistonsDaily News | James Harden’s triple-double, balanced scoring lead undermanned Sixers to 123-111 rout of Pistons
Read more »