Woman Found Dead In Phoenix Apartment, Homicide Suspected

PHOENIX, AZ — A 50-year-old woman was found dead in a Phoenix apartment Monday night in what police in the city say is considered a homicide. Police responded to the residence in the 1500 block of Pierson Street, just south of Camelback Road, around 9 p.m. on a call of an injured person and found the woman dead. She was not identified as of 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Firefighters also responded and identified a hazmat situation at the apartment and "quickly stabilized it," Sgt. Ann Justus, a spokeswoman for the Phoenix Police Department, said.

Phoenix police say there is one suspect, a man who has not been identified.

Anyone with information on the woman's death should call the Phoenix Police Department's violent crimes bureau at 602-262-6141. Anonymous tips can call Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS or 480-TESTIGO for Spanish.

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