Mujey Dumbuya, a 16-year-old Michigan high school student, had been expected to testify at the trial of a habitual offender who is accused of raping her in a school parking lot last summer.

But on Jan. 25, three days after the April 9 trial date had been set, Mujey’s family, who live near Grand Rapids, reported her missing to the police. Three days later, her body was found in a wooded area about 50 miles away, according to the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety.

The police in Kalamazoo are investigating the death as a homicide, but have released few details and did not respond to a request for comment on Friday.

Quinn Anthony James, 42, the man accused of sexually assaulting Mujey in July 2017, had been free on bail after his November arrest in the case, according to WOOD-TV, an NBC affiliate in Grand Rapids. He faces four felony counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct with someone 13 to 15 years old. Mujey was 15 at the time of the alleged offenses.