Body discovered in Southwest Philadelphia identified as missing pregnant woman, police say
Body of 21-year-old Dianna Brice discovered in Southwest Philadelphia, police say
Upper Darby Police confirmed Tuesday that a body found in Southwest Philadelphia was positively identified as 21-year-old Dianna Brice. She had a 4-year-old son and was expecting a second boy.
PHILADELPHIA - Authorities have confirmed that the body of a woman found in Southwest Philadelphia Tuesday morning is that of a missing pregnant woman from Delaware County.
Upper Darby Police said Tuesday morning that the body was positively identified as 21-year-old Dianna Brice. She had a 4-year-old son and was expecting a second boy.
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A week after a pregnant woman and her boyfriend went missing, there is a possible break in the case.
Overnight into Tuesday morning, Philadelphia police confirmed they had found a woman’s body near 58
th Street and Lindbergh Boulevard in Southwest Philadelphia and they alerted Upper Darby police.
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Upper Darby police have been looking for 21-year-old Dianna Brice and her boyfriend, Justin Smith, since March 30.
Brice - who is pregnant - disappeared after telling her mother she was going with her boyfriend to pick up a daily medication she takes for a serious medical condition. She later called to say they were driving to Philadelphia. That was the last the family heard from her.
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Reports say the body was found near the burned vehicle of Justin Smith, the boyfriend of Dianna Brice. (Upper Darby Police)
PHILADELPHIA The body of a missing 21-year-old pregnant woman was found in Philadelphia Monday night, sources say.
According to Action News, a body was found near 58th Street and Lindbergh Boulevard in Southwest Philadelphia, not far from where the burned vehicle of Dianna Brice s boyfriend was found. That network said Upper Darby Police, which is handling the investigation, confirmed it is the missing woman.
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Brice, who was pregnant, was last seen leaving K Laundry, 544 Church Lane in Lansdowne, with her boyfriend, Justin Smith, 23, at about 1 p.m. March 30.
Missing pregnant woman Dianna Brice, 21, found dead in Philadelphia KATE FELDMAN
A 21-year-old pregnant woman went missing last week, just hours before her boyfriend’s car was found engulfed in flames, was discovered dead late Monday night.
Dianna Brice, 14 weeks pregnant, disappeared on March 30 with boyfriend Justin Smith from Upper Darby, Penn., according to local police.
Brice and her mother left for the laundromat around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, at which point Brice went to meet Smith, 23, in his car around the corner to pick up her live-saving medication at the pharmacy.
Her mother, Betty Cellini, told CBS 3 that she later spoke to Brice, who told her that they had driven to Philadelphia and asked her to pick up the medication for her.