Police in Takoma Park, Md., now investigating suspicious death as a homicide

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Police in Takoma Park, Md., are investigating as a homicide the death of a woman in her 30s whose body was found near a trash bin Tuesday morning.

Officers were called to the 7500 block of New Hampshire Avenue about 7:30 a.m., said Takoma Park Police Chief Alan Goldberg. The body was inside a fenced enclosure around the trash bin.

Goldberg said the woman suffered severe trauma. He declined to be more specific.

Detectives know the victim’s identity but are not releasing it until they have had time to notify family members.

Police initially described the death as “suspicious” and now believe that the woman had been killed.