More testing is needed to determine what caused the death of a woman in central Edmonton’s Old Strathcona neighbourhood on Monday.
In a news release that day, Edmonton police said officers were called about a woman in medical distress inside a residence in the area of 100 Street and 83 Avenue at about 5:10 a.m.
A 41-year-old woman was taken to hospital, where she died. Police did not provide details about what kind of distress the woman was in or what the nature of her injuries were.
At the time, police said her death was being treated as suspicious by homicide detectives and an autopsy was being done on Tuesday.
In a Wednesday update, police said the medical examiner needed to have toxicology tests performed in order to release the cause of death.
“At this time, the autopsy revealed no indication of foul play and as a result, the death is not being treated as suspicious,” the update said.
Christine Dirks lives in the same building where the woman who died was found by police. She said the woman lived with her husband and her young daughter.
“I’m in shock,” she said. “She was very loved.”
Dirks added that she wants the woman’s family to know that she and others in the building “really cared about her.”
Anyone with any information about this case is asked to call the EPS at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone. Anonymous information can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online.
— With files from Karen Bartko, Global News