La Palma : Woman, 49, Found Dead, Apparently Slain
A 49-year-old woman was found dead in her La Palma apartment on Tuesday, the apparent victim of a homicide, police said.
The body of Virginia MacMeekin was discovered by police at about 9:30 a.m. when the apartment manager was told she had not arrived at her place of employment, police said.
Police Sgt. Jeffrey Kirkpatrick said MacMeekin was found fully dressed in the bedroom of the apartment. She had been dead for about two hours before police arrived.
Strangulation was the possible cause of death, Sgt. Jim Wells said.
“The suspect is probably known to the victim,” Kirkpatrick said. “That’s what we’re working with at this point.”
Kirkpatrick said that the woman was not living with her husband but that there were signs that she shared the apartment with another person.
There were no indications of robbery, sexual assault or forced entry to the apartment, Kirkpatrick said.
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