Woman’s death in Fort Dodge building ruled a homicide

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) - Authorities say a woman whose body was found inside a Fort Dodge building was killed by someone.

The Messenger reports (https://bit.ly/2hVUVJj ) that the state medical examiner’s office has ruled that 50-year-old Lorri Alexander was a homicide victim. Her body was found Dec. 29 inside an empty apartment at the Caldwell Building.

Police aren’t releasing information about how Alexander was killed. No arrests have been reported. Alexander lived in Fort Dodge.

Police Chief Kevin Doty says the case appears unrelated to the shooting death of 51-year-old Donald Preston, whose body was found Dec. 26 in a field southwest of Fort Dodge. No arrests have been reported in the Preston case either.

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