Columbus Police Say Near East Side Death Was a Homicide

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Columbus police say the death of a woman found on the Near East Side on Wednesday night was a homicide.

Officers responded around 11 p.m. on Wednesday, October 21, to an unknown complaint on East Fulton Street, according to a police release issued Friday. Medics at the scene told officers a 45-year-old woman had been pronounced dead and had suffered major trauma before her death.

Homicide detectives were called to the scene, and the Franklin County Coroner’s Office later determined the death was a homicide, police said.

Police said the motive is unknown and no suspect has been identified.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-8477.

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