Police have converged on Willowbrook Park, where the body of a young woman has been found. Megan Marotte, 20, of Graniteville, has been missing since Aug. 3.

Read our latest report here. Note that police have not made an identification of the body as of 5 a.m. Friday. A police spokesman would only confirm that the body was that of a white female in her 20s.

By John Annese and Kiawana Rich

The report of a foul odor led police to discover the corpse of a woman in Willowbrook Park Thursday night -- and investigators are probing whether the body is that of 20-year-old Megan Marotte, 20, who was reported missing by her family on Aug. 3.

Police, including members of the borough's Homicide Squad, descended on the scene in large numbers and roped off the entrances to the park.

The identity of the woman has not yet been determined, but multiple law enforcement sources said it's believed the body could be that of Ms. Marotte, of Graniteville. Family members, who conducted a search in the borough earlier Thursday, rushed to the park.

Police were focusing their attention on a wooded area by the side of the pond closest to Morani Street, near Victory Boulevard.

Starting as early as 8:15 p.m., several users on Twitter have already posted their fears that the body may be Ms. Marotte's.

Coincidentally, Thursday saw a concerted effort to find Ms. Marotte. An army of family members and volunteers massed in the parking lot of the Pathmark shopping center on Forest Avenue in Port Richmond, distributing fliers and focusing on that area of the North Shore.

Ms. Marotte, of Sommer Avenue, disappeared a few weeks after her arrest July 12 on allegation she crashed into a fence at the Angels' Circle 9/11 memorial in Grasmere while driving impaired by drugs.



Her brother, 24-year-old Frederick Lichota, filed a missing person report Aug. 7. He and his sister both lived in a home owned by their grandparents, though she had been staying with her boyfriend's aunt for the last few weeks, he told the Advance last week.

Ms. Marotte is scheduled back in court on Aug. 26 in the Angels' Circle case.

Surrounding Ms. Marotte's disappearance, family members have said, is a recent bout with drug addiction that escalated since her father, Anthony Marotte, died at the age of 44 in 2011.

"She went into a downward spiral since her dad passed ... She has struggled. She has had missteps. But everyone has had missteps of varying degrees. That doesn't change the fact that she is loved and missed," said her uncle last week.

John Annese and Kiawana Rich are news reporters for the Advance. They may be reached at annese@siadvance.com and rich@siadvance.com.