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Woman found beaten in September has died from her injuries, D.C. police say | Woman found beaten in September has died from her injuries, D.C. police say |
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A 43-year-old woman who was found beaten inside a Northwest Washington residence in September died from her injuries on Sunday, and her death has been ruled a homicide, according to D.C. police. | A 43-year-old woman who was found beaten inside a Northwest Washington residence in September died from her injuries on Sunday, and her death has been ruled a homicide, according to D.C. police. |
Medina Michelle Thornton died of blunt force trauma to the head, according to the D.C. medical examiner’s office. Police said no arrests have been made. | Medina Michelle Thornton died of blunt force trauma to the head, according to the D.C. medical examiner’s office. Police said no arrests have been made. |
Thornton was found unconscious about 10:45 p.m. on Sept. 19 inside an apartment in the 300 block of Delafield Place NW, off New Hampshire Avenue in Brightwood Park. | |
In a search warrant application filed in D.C. Superior Court, police said they were called to the second-floor apartment by the occupant of an adjacent unit who heard loud noises and then heard footsteps going downstairs and a door slamming open against the brick building. | |
The neighbor went to the hallway and, he told police, he found the woman lying on the floor near her front door. The search warrant application says police recovered a pipe wrench, photographs and other evidence near her. | |
She was pronounced dead Sunday, and her death was ruled a homicide on Monday. | |
Relatives could not be reached. |
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