Coroner identifies body as 40-year-old New Castle woman

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — A Shenango Township police officer found the body of a woman along County Line Road when he stopped to help a disabled tractor-trailer.

Lawrence County Coroner Russell S. Noga has identified her as Kristiana D. Wilkins, 40, of New Castle.

State police are investigating. The cause of death is not yet determined pending toxicology reports from a Thursday autopsy, said Noga, who noted there were no signs of trauma.

Shenango Officer Brian Magliocca said he stopped to help the truck driver, who was stuck by the side of the road after picking up a load in a nearby industrial park.

He said he looked over the side of a low bridge between Progress Road and Fairground Avenue and saw the body, partly covered with snow, on a bank beside a shallow creek about 5 p.m. Wednesday.