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- Police were investigating the death of a woman found in a Rancho Cordova apartment.
- Firefighters found the woman unresponsive. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
- A 5-year-old child also found in the home and was taken to a hospital as a precaution.
Police were investigating the death of a woman who was found Wednesday afternoon inside a Rancho Cordova apartment along with a 5-year-old child who was taken to a hospital as a precaution.
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The incident, which was reported at 3:17 p.m., was listed in dispatch records as a hazardous materials response at El Mercado Apartments at 10460 El Mercado Dr., just north of International Drive and Mather Field Road in Rancho Cordova.
Initial reports about the woman’s death indicated she apparently died from exposure to gas from a stove top that had been left turned on. But authorities as of Wednesday evening have not released any further details about the suspected manner of the woman’s death.
Firefighters responded to a call from the apartment complex’s manager asking them to check on the wellbeing of residents inside the apartment, according to a news release from the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District.
The firefighters entered the apartment and found the woman unconscious and unresponsive. Metro Fire officials said she was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Firefighters also found a 5-year-old child inside the apartment. Medics took the child to a hospital for evaluation as a precaution.
Metro Fire officials were assisting the Rancho Cordova Police Department, which is leading the investigation into the woman’s death. Metro fire officials said authorities, as of 5 p.m. Wednesday, had not confirmed the relationship between the woman who died and the child taken to the hospital.
The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office will release the name and age of the woman after her family has been notified.
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