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Homicide detectives investigate death of a woman found in Sacramento home

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  • Sacramento police found a woman with traumatic injuries Sunday afternoon.
  • Detectives collected evidence, questioned witnesses and launched a homicide probe.
  • Police were seeking witnesses with information about this homicide.

Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a woman found wounded Sunday afternoon in a Sacramento home.

About 3:45 p.m., officers responded to reports of a woman who was unresponsive at a home in the 7600 block of Center Parkway just south of Tangerine Avenue in Sacramento’s Parkway neighborhood.

Officers arrived at the home and found the woman with “apparent traumatic injuries,” the Sacramento Police Department announced Monday in a news release. Medics arrived and pronounced the woman dead at the scene.

Homicide detectives and crime scene investigators took over the investigation, collecting evidence at the scene and questioning witnesses.

Police said the circumstances leading up to the woman’s death remained under investigation, and there was no suspect information to release on Monday.

Officer Allison Smith, a police spokesperson, confirmed the woman was not a victim in a shooting or a stabbing. The Police Department did not release any other details about the manner of the woman’s death.

The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office will release the woman’s name and age after her family has been notified.

Detectives asked any witnesses with information relevant to this homicide investigation to call the Police Department at 916-808-5471 or Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers at 916-443-4357.

Rosalio Ahumada
The Sacramento Bee
Rosalio Ahumada writes breaking news stories related to crime and public safety for The Sacramento Bee. He speaks Spanish fluently and has worked as a news reporter in the Central Valley since 2004.
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