NANTICOKE — A death investigation is underway after the body of a 36-year-old woman was found outside 213 E. Ridge St. Tuesday morning.
Luzerne County District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce said the death is “suspicious.”
“At approximately 8 o’clock this morning, 911 dispatched Nanticoke police to East Ridge Street for a report of a body in the yard. We identified a 36-year-old female deceased in the yard between two houses. An investigation is ongoing. From the information we have so far, we are treating it as a suspicious death as we always do until we have evidence otherwise,” Sanguedolce said.
An autopsy was scheduled to take place mid-Tuesday afternoon in hopes to determine the cause and manner of the woman’s death.
A county detective and the Pennsylvania State Police Troop P Forensic Services assisted at the scene.
East Ridge Street from South Walnut to East Chestnut Street was closed for about three hours and has since reopened.
Sanguedolce said a number of witnesses and neighbors have been cooperative, noting it was too early to say if foul play is suspected.
The woman was not a resident of the East Ridge Street house but lived in Nanticoke, Sanguedolce said.
A Jeep Cherokee was taken from the scene by investigators.
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