--- description: Construction workers discovered the body after at least one person mistook it for a joke title: Woman's Dead Body Mistaken for Halloween Decorations image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Woman's Dead Body Mistaken for Halloween Decorations by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 16, 2015 12:42 AM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 16, 2015 12:42 AM CUT A woman’s dead body was found hanging from a chain-link fence early this week. One passerby thought the lifeless form was merely a Halloween prank—not uncommon this time of year—but construction workers in Chillicothe, Ohio phoned authorities on Tuesday morning who confirmed that this was the real deal. Authorities identified the woman as Rebecca Cade, 31, a woman who neighbors and family members told [UpNorthLive.com](http://upnorthlive.com/news/offbeat/murdered-woman-hanging-from-fence-mistaken-for-halloween-decoration "undefined") had battled with drugs, but was “sweet girl.” “She was very gullible, very easily misled, as long as she thought you were her friend she would do just about anything for you,” Tabitha Long, a friend, said. Cade allegedly got into a fight with Donnie Cochenour Jr., 27, the night before she died. Cochenour was arrested on the charge of murder on Tuesday evening; according to authorities, she was running from him and got caught in the fence when she died. She died of blunt force trauma to the head and neck, officials said. \[[UpNorthLive.com](http://upnorthlive.com/news/offbeat/murdered-woman-hanging-from-fence-mistaken-for-halloween-decoration "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4075952/dead-body-halloween/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4075952/dead-body-halloween/"},"headline":"Woman's Dead Body Mistaken for Halloween Decorations","datePublished":"2015-10-16T00:42:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:51:09.296Z","description":"Construction workers discovered the body after at least one person mistook it for a joke","url":"https://time.com/4075952/dead-body-halloween/","keywords":["Murder","Crime","Ohio","halloween"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4075952/dead-body-halloween/","name":"Woman's Dead Body Mistaken for Halloween Decorations"}}]}] ```