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Police: Body Found in Park is Missing Delco Woman

The body of a missing Delaware County woman has been found in Ridley Creek State Park.

 

The body of a missing Delaware County woman has been found in Ridley Creek State Park, according to Pennsylvania State Police-Media Barracks.

The woman's body, which was found in the park Saturday afternoon, has been positively identified as Teresa Cathy Mastracola, of Millbourne, State Police announced Sunday evening.

A cause of death has not yet been determined but foul play does not appear to be associated with the death, according to State Police.

Mastracola, 44, had been missing since Dec. 2. As an avid biker and hiker she was known to frequent Ridley Creek State Park.

She was last seen by her roommate as she left the house wearing hospital scrubs the morning of Dec. 2, according to 6ABC.

Mastracola's vehicle, a silver 2006 Mazda 6, four-door sedan with Pennsylvania Tag DTA-5563 and with a black bike rack attached, has not been recovered.

Anyone with information regarding the location of the vehicle is asked to contact Millbourne Police at 610-352-1450 or State Police at 484-840-1000.

Mastracola worked as an Imaging Equipment Specialist at Delaware County Memorial Hospital and was a Master Sergeant with the National Guard, according to 6abc.com.

 

Click here for an update on this story and the cause of death.

Related Topics: Police, Teresa Cathy Mastracola, and ridley creek state park

Sylvia Avery

9:11 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012

How sad, especially right b4 Christmas.

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connie hickey

9:51 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012

Something just dosn't seem right to me, Where is her car? if she went hiking and fell or something her car would still be in the park. And who goes to the park to hike or ride a bike is scrubs. What part of the park was she in that it took so long to find her? Just seems strange to me.

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Gayle

12:33 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012

I agree, does not make too much sense.....something is not right here....

Susan Martella

10:55 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012

@Connie, I'm sure all of those questions will be answered. If you have those questions, so do the police. You should have become a detective. In regards to the scrubs, maybe she changed after work at the hospital and went right to the park? Maybe she fell and landed in a remote part of the park? I just pray the woman didn't suffer. I pray for her family & friends.

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Gayle

12:39 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012

Isn't this a site to post your opinions? I'm sure Connie's questions are the same as the police....to say she should have become a detective was not very nice.....

heather ashbridge

10:50 am on Monday, December 10, 2012

How sad right before christmas prayers to the family

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Frank Bannister

10:58 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012

They have autopsies for a reason.....

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Jim Frank

10:48 am on Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Don't we all make up stories to fill in what we don't know and what is not reported on here. As a Master Sargent, it is likely she had been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan as part of her National Guard service. I wonder if we are actually reading about another fallen warrior, not somebody's Christmas being tarnished by a story they would rather not have read. There is an unfunded war going on and people worry about how it effects their Christmas spirit - I find that sad. I will pray for Teresa and all our military.

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Joe L.

11:41 am on Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Actually, the autopsy results have been published and it was determined that the cause of death was chemical asphyxia. At the bottom of the article above there is a link for an update to the story.

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Courtney Elko

11:44 am on Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Thanks for pointing that out, Joe. I just posted the update to the story a short bit ago. Here is a direct link to the update: http://patch.com/A-0n89

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Jim Frank

12:25 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012

I wonder why that update doesn't mention her military service.

travon black

6:30 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012

@ avery...What the H%^L does b4 Christmas have to do with it.

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Rachel_

8:08 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012

I wonder who the poor person was that discovered her body.

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