By Associated Press - Monday, April 30, 2018

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Authorities have identified a woman who died after being pulled from a burning garage in Cedar Rapids, and they have ruled her death a homicide.

Police on Monday identified the woman as 38-year-old Gina Frederiksen.

The State Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy and determined her death was a homicide, but officials wouldn’t release the cause of death.

Neighbors called police and firefighters Sunday morning after hearing a loud boom and seeing a garage engulfed in flames.

Frederiksen was pulled from the burning garage but died a short time later at a hospital.

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