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Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies are investigating the suspicious death of a 66-year-old woman after she was taken to a local hospital with injuries that appeared inconsistent with a natural death, the agency announced Friday.
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About 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office deputies received a report of a suspicious death at a local hospital. The woman was brought to the hospital by family members and was unresponsive. After she was pronounced dead, medical staff conducted a preliminary examination that indicated her death may not have been from natural causes, according to a Sheriff’s Office news release.
Homicide detectives and crime scene investigators responded to the hospital and to the woman’s residence, where she lived with her family. Investigators continued interviewing witnesses and collecting evidence Friday morning.
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The investigation remained ongoing, and the woman’s identity was being withheld pending notification of next of kin, the Sheriff’s Office said.
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