Advertisement

St. Petersburg police identify woman found dead in creek

 
Published April 23, 2017

ST. PETERSBURG — Investigators identified Sunday the body of a woman found over the weekend floating in a creek.

A bicyclist found Melissa Higgins, 40, in a creek west of the Thomas 'Jet' Jackson Recreation Center at 1000 28th Street S, according to St. Petersburg police.

It appears Higgins was there for more than 24 hours. Detectives are treating the death as suspicious, police said. The body was sent to the Pasco-Pinellas medical examiner to the cause of the death.