A body discovered in a wooded area south of Moncton, N.B., has been identified as 25-year-old Sabrina Patterson, RCMP confirmed Sunday.

Police are trying to determine the time and cause of Patterson's death, and are treating the case as a homicide.

Patterson, a mother of two, went missing on Oct. 29. Her body was found Saturday, about 20 kilometres south of Moncton, in the Shenstone area.

The man who found Patterson's remains had been actively looking for the woman, even as days of heavy rain created cold and muddy search conditions.

She was last seen at the Moncton Coliseum and her car was discovered at the Riverview Mall.

An autopsy will be performed to pinpoint the cause and time of Patterson's death.

"At this point no charges have been laid" in connection with her death, RCMP said in a statement.

The father of Patterson's two young children, 31-year-old Fred Prosser, went missing on Monday and was located three days later by police at his home in Shenstone, near Moncton.

Prosser was then arrested and charged with assaulting Patterson, allegedly on Oct. 9. Police have also accused Prosser of stealing Patterson's cellphone in that incident, and of violating a court undertaking barring him from contacting her.

A bail hearing for Prosser is scheduled for Tuesday.

RCMP Staff Sgt. Gary Cameron said investigators are still looking for suspects in Patterson's death.

"As you can imagine, there's a lot of evidence pouring in," he said. "So we'll be looking at many people. But time is of the essence. Right now, (our focus) is to collect all the evidence at the scene."

With a report by CTV Atlantic's Mike Cameron and files from The Canadian Press