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Missing woman Natalie Perez found dead

Posted at 6:22 AM, May 02, 2016
and last updated 2016-05-03 07:16:30-04

A Garfield Heights woman who was reported missing nearly a month ago was found dead in a vacant home over the weekend.

The family of Natalie Perez told newsnet5.com Sunday that the body found in a vacant East 143rd Street home Saturday belonged to the 21-year-old. The Garfield Heights Police Department also confirmed the identity.

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Family and friends gathered at the home for a candlelight vigil Sunday evening to remember the young woman. 

Perez had been missing since April 6 after she left her Blythin Road home and never returned.

A group of teenagers found Perez's body while cutting through the yard of the home around 2 p.m. Saturday.