Google employee found dead, police launch homicide probe

The death is being investigated as a homicide.

Early said there was ‘nothing at this point’ connecting Marcotte’s death to the unsolved slaying last week of Karina Vetrano, a female jogger in Queens.

A Google employee based in New York City was murdered while on a jog near her mother’s home in MA.

They launched a search Sunday night after a woman was reported missing.

“There’s no such thing as a bad phone call in these instances”, Early said.

Her body was discovered at around 8.20pm Sunday by a state police K9 unit near Brooks Station Road, about a half-mile from her mother’s home.

“Please use an abundance of caution, we don’t know if this is a random act”. “Right now we have a very active investigation going on, you can’t be too careful”. Police Chief Michele Powers is urging town residents to remain vigilant. We would ask people to pay attention to their surroundings.

Authorities want anyone with information to contact them at 508-453-7589.

Marcotte is an account executive at Google and used to live about 10 miles away, in Leominster.

Marcotte had attended the Bancroft School, a private prep school in Worcester.

BU spokesperson Colin Riley told FOX25 Vanessa graduated with honors from the College of Communication in 2011.