Police ID body of woman found in Staten Island woods

Tuesday, October 29, 2019
STATEN ISLAND (WABC) -- The NYPD has identified a young woman whose body was found last week in the woods of Staten Island.

Ola Salem, 25, worked at a center for abused women after she started there as a victim.
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Salem's body was found in Bloomingdale Park last Thursday.

According to friends, she was a volunteer at Asiyah Women's Center for Domestic Violence in Brooklyn.

The medical examiner will determine her cause of death.
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So far, no arrests have been made in the case.

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