January 25, 2007

Woman found dead in her home

       Police are investigating the death of a woman found in her Center Grove area home Wednesday morning.  Sheriff's detectives are investigating the death as a homicide.  The cause of death has not been determined, Johnson County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Doug Cox said. An autopsy will be conducted today, he said.  A neighbor found the body about 10 a.m. in the home in the 200 block of Melrose Lane.  The home is in the Fair Oaks subdivision, near Morgantown and Fairview roads.

         The woman was found lying on the bed in an odd position, Cox said. A knife with blood on it was found in the room, he said.  The victim's name had not been released Wednesday afternoon, pending notification of family.  Neighbor Barry Hampton tried to call his neighbor when he saw that her dog was out. The dog usually stays in the front yard because the couple have an electric fence, but the dog did not have its collar on, he said.  When Hampton tried to call the home, no one answered. When no one answered the door either, he started looking into windows, he said.  He saw the woman through a bedroom window in the back of the house, Cox said.  Hampton saw the body on the bed and could tell something wasn't right, he said.  He went into the home through the front door, which was unlocked, and found the woman dead with a phone in her hand, he said.  Police got a search warrant Wednesday afternoon but could not disclose what was found in the home, Cox said.  Detectives are interviewing neighbors and family members, he said.  Investigators know the last time the woman was seen or heard from but could not release that information, he said.  See a related story HERE.  (Reprinted with permission from the Daily Journal)

 

  
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