Hanging mistaken for Halloween Prank!?!

A 42-year-old woman climbed up a tree with a length of rope and hanged herself from a branch around 9 PM. The body, suspended from a branch about 15 feet above the ground, was easily visible from passing vehicles before the scene was blocked off about 11 a.m. Wednesday.

Authorities were not alerted earlier because passers-by thought it was a Halloween display. Delaware State Police are saying the death is being investigated as a suicide. The victim reportedly lived about a quarter-mile from where her body was found.

Residents who live nearby noticed the body about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, but dismissed it as a Halloween prank. Authorities were called to the scene about 10:55 a.m. They thought it was a Halloween decoration.

“Really, it looked like something somebody would have rigged up."

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