Police are searching for clues inthe death of Elliott, whose nude body was foundThursdayafternoonin a West Street warehouse on the western fringe of downtown. She waslast seen late Monday or early Tuesday near her home at 221 S. BloodworthSt. Officers have not released a cause of death for Elliot, but hope to knowthis information soon, Major O.L. Hinton said.
Elliott worked in the kitchen ofthe McDonald's restaurant at the corner of Lake Boone Trail andWycliff Road.
Investigators have not linked her death to five unsolvedslaying of black women this year.
Police said previously that those slaying are not related, whileacknowledging similarities in the cases. They characterized the fiveprevious victims as women living marginallives, abusing drugs and frequenting the downtown street scenes.
Unlike the previous cases, the woman found Thursday was inside abuilding. The other slain women had been found outdoors.
Police, who have been very tight-lipped about the string ofslayings, apparently found at least two articles of clothing near thewarehouse.
Police say the David Allen Co. has been using the building wherethe body was found. It had been a warehouse for the old Pine State dairy.
The woman was found by workers who were remodeling the building.
Slayings of black women still under investigation by Raleigh policeare:
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