Woman is found dead in St. Paul under suspicious circumstances

July 21, 2014 at 8:23AM

St. Paul police are investigating what they describe as the suspicious death of a woman found unresponsive in a vehicle late Saturday.

Officers patrolling the West Side found the 22-year-old in a vehicle near Robert and George streets.

Paramedics were called, and the woman was taken to Regions Hospital, where she died Sunday, authorities said.

Investigators are interviewing witnesses, and have tentatively identified the woman, but are withholding the name until it is ­confirmed.

Police also have developed preliminary information on a cause of death, but were awaiting confirmation on that, too.

The Ramsey County medical examiner's office is assisting in the investigation.

Anthony Lonetree

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Anthony Lonetree

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Anthony Lonetree has been covering St. Paul Public Schools and general K-12 issues for the Star Tribune since 2012-13. He began work in the paper's St. Paul bureau in 1987 and was the City Hall reporter for five years before moving to various education, public safety and suburban beats.

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