After a woman was found dead in Forest Park in Springfield on Jan. 7, officials are investigating it as a homicide. Police responded to reports of the 5 p.m. discovery of the body in the area of 300 Trafton Road near Camp Star Angelina, said Ryan Walsh, police spokesman.

Authorities on Wednesday identified a woman whose body was found in a park in western Massachusetts earlier this month.

Makayla Mitchell, 23, of Park Forest, was charged with one felony of first-degree murder and one felony count of murder with a strong probability of causing death or injury.

Police responded to a report of a body in the area of 300 Trafton Road near Camp Star Angelina in the Forest Park neighborhood.