UPDATED: Remains Found in Newark ID'd as Cranford Woman

A woman's body was found Sunday afternoon in Newark, but it is not yet known if it's that of a Cranford woman authorities have been searching for the past week.

The body was found off Raymound Boulevard at about 1:30 p.m. Sunday, according to NJ.com. Anthony Ambrose, chief of detectives for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office, said the "identity is pending further investigation," the article said.

UPDATE: An autopsy Monday confirmed the remains are the Cranford woman.

Authorities have been searching for the body of April Wyckoff, 43, a Cranford mother of two who was believed to have been killed in her boyfriend's Union Township home last week.

Multiple agencies have focused their search on Liberty State Park in Jersey City, but Wyckoff's car was recovered last week in Newark.

When asked if Sunday's discovery was part of the search for Wyckoff, Ambrose only said, "police were in the area," according to NJ.com.

Matthew Ballister, 43, has been charged with first-degree murder for the alleged killing of Wyckoff in his Union Township home likely sometime Tuesday night, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said. Ballister is being held on $2 million bail.

Ballister's mother, Eleanor Schofield, 70, of Mountainside, was released from Union County Jail Friday on $1,500 bail, according to NJ.com. Schofield has been charged with hindering apprehension for allegedly helping her son conceal evidence following the killing, the prosecutor's office said.