Reports: Phoenixville Native Found Dead in Baltimore

According to reports from The Baltimore Sun, a woman in her early 20s whose body was found at the bottom of a trash chute in a Baltimore apartment building has been idenitfied as Emily Hauze, a Phoenixville native.

A source says Hauze is a 2006 graduate of Phoenixville Area High School. Social networking profiles for Hauze list her home as Phoenixville.

A crime reporter for The Sun posted the idenitfication on Twitter on Monday afternoon. According to the paper, the death was ruled accidental, and Hauze's body was found at approximately 8:12 a.m. on Sunday morning. The reporter added that Hauze is a recent graduate of Loyola College, and said a Mass will be held on campus tonight in her memory.

The Sun reports that Hauze was the second person to be found dead in the trash chute. A man fell down the chute and into the trash compactor in the same building in August 2010, according to reports.

For more information, see the full article in The Baltimore Sun.