The Seventh-day Adventist student-missionary was found dead on Wednesday, the victim of an apparent homicide off the school’s campus, church leaders said.
Wolcott, originally from Laneview, Virginia, had reportedly gone jogging alone before morning classes and did not return. Her body was later found in the woods with stab wounds.
“This incident has been the most senseless acts of violence that has ever had the misfortune to occur in our fair state of Yap,” he said. “This is a cowardly act that has no place in our society and must never be tolerated. We shall work to ensure that swift and timely justice is brought to the perpetrator of this most heinous crime that is impacting the whole island community. We will strive and take necessary measures to never again allow this type of violent crime to take place.”
