Kent Police found a 45-year-old Kent woman dead Tuesday in her East Hill apartment from a “violent homicidal death.”<\/p>\n
Police responded to a call at about 10:22 a.m. Tuesday from a friend of the woman about a suspicious death at an apartment at the Village at Lake Meridian Apartments, 25811 110th Ave. S.E.<\/p>\n
Officers entered the apartment and quickly called detectives because it was apparent the woman had not died from natural causes, said Kent Police Lt. Pat Lowery in a phone interview.<\/p>\n
“The apartment was in a state of disarray and there were signs of a struggle,” Lowery said. “That’s why we have termed it a violent homicidal death.”<\/p>\n
Police do not have any suspects, but think the woman knew whoever entered her apartment.<\/p>\n
“We believe it was not a random incident,” Lowery said. “Somebody had been allowed into the apartment from what our initial investigation showed.”<\/p>\n
Many friends and relatives of the woman showed up at the apartment after word spread about her death. Lowery said the woman is a grandmother and the mother of two grown daughters.<\/p>\n
“She’ll be greatly missed,” Lowery said.<\/p>\n
Detectives are waiting for an examination by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office before releasing the name of the woman or her cause of death.<\/p>\n
“We don’t know that,” Lowery said about a cause of death. “We have not disturbed the body yet. We’ll let the medical examiner do an examination and determine the cause.”<\/p>\n
The woman lived alone at the apartment.<\/p>\n
Detectives are interviewing family and friends of the woman to try to find a lead about a suspect or motive.<\/p>\n
“This is a rotten deal right before the holidays,” Lowery said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n