24-year-old woman found shot dead on trail may have been lured there: Police

Investigators are trying to identify a motive and suspect.

ByEmily Shapiro
December 14, 2018, 11:56 AM

A 24-year-old woman found dead in broad daylight on a trail in DeKalb County, Georgia, may have been lured there, according to police.

The body of Shantrelle Monroe, who was shot dead, was found Wednesday afternoon on a pathway behind a subdivision playground, DeKalb police spokesman Sgt. J.D. Spencer told ABC News Friday via email.

Authorities are still working to identify a suspect.

PHOTO: Officers search the area where they believe a young woman may have been lured onto a walking trail near a DeKalb County neighborhood park before being shot and killed on Dec. 12, 2018.
Officers search the area where they believe a young woman may have been lured onto a walking trail near a DeKalb County neighborhood park before being shot and killed on Dec. 12, 2018.
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PHOTO: Police believe a young woman may have been lured onto a walking trail near a DeKalb County neighborhood park before being shot and killed on Dec. 12, 2018.
Police believe a young woman may have been lured onto a walking trail near a DeKalb County neighborhood park before being shot and killed on Dec. 12, 2018.
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"It's during the afternoon, kids walk through there," DeKalb County police Lt. Rod Bryant told ABC Atlanta affiliate WSB-TV. "So it's very shocking."

No motive has been established but Spencer said "detectives believe that she was possibly lured to the location."

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