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District attorney: New developments in slain jogger case

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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. DNA evidence and an attentive state trooper helped find the man authorities believe killed Marcotte last summer who was out jogging near her mother's Massachusetts home, authorities said Saturday, April 15, 2017. (Worcester County District Attorney's Office via AP, File) (The Associated Press)

Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. speaks to media outside the police department in Princeton, Mass., on Saturday, April 15, 2017 about the arrest of a man in connection to death of Vanessa Marcotte. Authorities said DNA evidence and an attentive state trooper helped find Angelo Colon-Ortiz, who authorities believe killed the New York City woman in 2016, who was out jogging near her mother's Massachusetts home. (Christine Peterson/Worcester Telegram & Gazette via AP) (The Associated Press)

Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. speaks to media outside the police department in Princeton, Mass., on Saturday, April 15, 2017 about the arrest of a man in connection to death of Vanessa Marcotte. Authorities said DNA evidence and an attentive state trooper helped find Angelo Colon-Ortiz, who authorities believe killed the New York City woman in 2016, who was out jogging near her mother's Massachusetts home. (Christine Peterson/Worcester Telegram & Gazette via AP) (The Associated Press)

Officials are holding a news conference to discuss new developments in the case of a New York City woman killed while out running near her mother's Massachusetts home last summer.

The Worcester (WUS'-tur) County District Attorney's office announced they will speak with media at 2 p.m. Saturday. Vanessa Marcotte's (MAR-cot) body was found Aug. 7 in some woods in Princeton.

Messages left seeking comment from the office were not immediately returned. The announcement comes nearly two months after the district attorney said a DNA profile of a suspect had been developed.

The 27-year-old Marcotte grew up in nearby Leominster (LEH'-mihn-stur). She worked as an account manager for Google in New York.

There are media reports citing unnamed sources that officials will announce an arrest has been made in the case.