Metro police have identified the woman found dead in a Salemtown alley as 39-year-old Stephanie K. Alexander.
A man mowing a nearby vacant lot found Alexander’s body just before 11 a.m. Wednesday in the alley between Fourth and Fifth avenues north near Buchanan Street.
According to police, Alexander was homeless. Investigators believe she died from blunt force trauma and her body was placed in the alley overnight Wednesday.