Oceanside

The body of a 37-year-old woman, the victim of a beating, was found in her home early Friday, said Sgt. Bill Krunglevich.

Sandra Kay Hoyle was “beaten to death by another person,” according to Deputy Coroner Dan Matticks.

Oceanside police went to a house in the 4000 block of Lake Boulevard at 3:28 a.m. after a neighbor reported hearing what sounded like “someone kicking a wooden fence,” Krunglevich said.

Officers said a sliding glass door was unlocked and a “large amount of blood” was on the living room floor. Hoyle was found lying nude in a bedroom doorway. She had suffered severe head injuries. She lived alone in the house, Krunglevich said.