PHILADELPHIA — Police in Philadelphia have identified a woman who they say may be the third victim of a serial strangler.

Authorities on Friday said the woman is 27-year-old Casey Mahoney of East Stroudsburg. She was found dead in a vacant lot in Philadelphia’s Kensington area.

Her body was found Wednesday night a few blocks from where the two earlier victims were discovered last month. DNA evidence has determined those two killings are linked.