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Slain runner to be laid to rest in Massachusetts

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    FILE - This undated driver license photo released by the Worcester County District Attorney's Office shows Vanessa Marcotte, of New York, whose body was found Sunday night, Aug. 7, 2016, in the woods about a half-mile from her mother's home in the town of Princeton, Mass., about 40 miles west of Boston. A funeral Mass is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 16, for 27-year-old Marcotte, who was killed while out for a run in Massachusetts. (Worcester County District Attorney's Office via AP, File) (The Associated Press)

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    Pall Bearers the casket of Vanessa Marcotte after her funeral service at Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic church Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016, in Leominster, Mass. Marcotte, 27, who worked for Google in New York City, was killed Aug. 7 while out running near her mother's Massachusetts home. Investigators have received more than 600 tips, but no arrests have been announced. They say her male assailant may have suffered cuts, scratches and bruises from a struggle. (Christine Peterson/Worcester Telegram & Gazette via AP) (The Associated Press)

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    Mourners console each other outside Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic church after her funeral service for Vanessa Marcotte, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016, in Leominster, Mass. Marcotte, 27, who worked for Google in New York City, was killed Aug. 7, while out running near her mother's Massachusetts home. Investigators have received more than 600 tips, but no arrests have been announced. They say her male assailant may have suffered cuts, scratches and bruises from a struggle. (Christine Peterson/Worcester Telegram & Gazette via AP) (The Associated Press)

LEOMINSTER, Mass. – Family and friends will say their final goodbyes to a New York City woman who was killed while out for a run near her mother's home in Massachusetts.

A funeral Mass is scheduled for Tuesday for 27-year-old Vanessa Marcotte. Her body was found on Aug. 7 in some woods near her mother's home in the town of Princeton.

State police say they've received more than 600 tips, but no arrests have been made in her death.

Marcotte grew up in Leominster (LEH'-mihn-stur), graduated from Boston University and worked as account manager at Google in New York City.

After the Mass at Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic in Leominster, Marcotte will be buried at Woodside Cemetery in Westminster.
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