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Elderly woman’s death in Dartmouth deemed a homicide

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It was a busy weekend for Halifax Regional Police, who are now investigating a suspicious death and three other violent crimes in Halifax and Dartmouth. Graeme Benjamin has the details. – Jul 13, 2020

Halifax Regional Police say the death of an 85-year-old woman in Dartmouth has been deemed a homicide.

Police say they responded to a report of a woman who was found dead at an address on Lynwood Drive at 11:12 a.m. on July 11.

READ MORE: Halifax police identify woman in suspicious death investigation

Her death was later deemed suspicious. The woman has since been identified as 85-year-old Eleanor Noreen Harding.

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Police say the medical examiner has completed the autopsy and her death has been ruled a homicide.

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Anyone who witnessed anything unusual in the area of Lynwood Drive between the evening of July 9 and the morning of July 10 is still being asked to contact police or Crime Stoppers.

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