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LOCAL NEWS
November 04, 2009 08:58:25 AM

A 35-year-old woman who was found dead in her Howell Road home by her partner yesterday was strangled, said police.

Police are treating the case as murder after an autopsy conducted yesterday confirmed “asphyxia due to strangulation” as the cause of her death.

Police spokesman Atunaisa Sokomuri said the victim lived alone with her partner in the flat.

Investigations are continuing.


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