Cops: Case didn’t raise alarm to publicize

A 22-year-old Nigerian woman whose skeletal remains were found in Dedham last week was reported missing by an uncle in May 2016, but her disappearance wasn’t publicized on the internet because her case didn’t raise alarms with investigators, Boston police said.

Lt. Detective Michael McCarthy, a BPD spokesman, said cops sent out an internal memo that went to other police agencies about the disappearance of Susan Anyanwu-Corbin, whose remains were found April 4. Her file was also entered into a national database for missing people, however, it was not publicized on the department’s website, bpdnews. com, McCarthy said. He added investigators had no reason at the time to suspect foul play.

“If there were reasons for us to put it out, if we thought it might help, then we would have done that,” McCarthy said. “There was no indication that anything was different from any of the other missing persons.”

Investigators with the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office and Dedham police are working with BPD to try and determine how Anyanwu-Corbin went missing and if foul play was a factor in her death.

McCarthy said not every missing person’s case is publicized on the department’s website. But cases such as the disappearance of children are, he said.

Anyanwu-Corbin was last seen Feb. 11, 2016, and reported missing to Boston cops by an uncle on May 9 of that year, police said. McCarthy noted it was not unusual for Anyanwu-Corbin’s uncle to go long stretches without seeing his niece.

The medical examiner has not determined the case and manner of Anyanwu’s death.

Anyone with information is asked to call state police with the Norfolk DA’s Office at 781-8304990, Dedham police at 781-7519300 or Boston police at 617-3434712.