Columbia, SC. (THECOUNT) – An investigation is underway after a woman’s body was found by residents in North Columbia Tuesday afternoon.

Columbia police say the victim, identified as 52-year-old Brenda Victoria Jackson, was found in a wooded area behind Rehoboth Restoration Church on Koon Road on August 7.

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Police have called the death “suspicious,” and Richland County Coroner Gary Watts ruled it a homicide after an autopsy revealed cause of death to be gunshot wound to the upper body. source

Anyone with information should contact police at 911.