Cause of death released for Pittsburgh mother of 5 whose body was found near bridge

PITTSBURGH — The cause of death for a missing Pittsburgh mother who was found dead under a bridge has been released.

Jessica Young, 35, died from blunt force trauma to the head and middle part of her body. Her death was not ruled a homicide, but undetermined.

“It’s not a missing persons anymore, it’s a homicide," Young's mother Adriane Jeffrie said.

Her body was found on March 13 along Washington Boulevard under the Larimer Avenue Bridge. At the time, investigators said her body was partially dressed and that it had been there for some time.

“I didn’t want to believe it even when They found her. I still was waiting for the last word,"  Jeffrie said.

Young was reported missing in September 2018 when the mother of five did not show up to babysit for someone. She was last seen leaving her boyfriend's house on Apple Street in the Lincoln-Lemington area.

A short time after that date, someone bought a bus ticket to Columbus, Ohio, in her name.

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