Woman found dead in apartment

Officers were called around 12:30 p.m. to an apartment on Lakeside Drive for a well-being check after a woman wasn't heard from for a couple days.

Posted: Feb 22, 2019 6:39 PM

Updated: Feb 23, 2019 4:59 AM

Posted By: Abby Jackson

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WFFT) - Police are investigating after a woman was found dead in an apartment Friday afternoon.

Officers were called around 12:30 p.m. to an apartment on Lakeside Drive for a well-being check. A woman hadn't been heard from for a couple days.

Family found the woman before police got there.

The Allen County Coroner will release the cause and manner of her death, as well as her name at a later date.

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