By Associated Press - Tuesday, January 21, 2020

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Anchorage police have released the name of a woman who died under suspicious circumstances.

The dead woman was identified as Sophie Barnes Ishnook, 43, police announced Tuesday.

Police on Friday morning received a report of a woman dead in an apartment on Minnesota Drive south of Spenard Road. Patrol officers responded and found Ishnook dead in a bedroom.



The circumstances appeared suspicious and patrol officers called in homicide detectives to investigate.

The cause of death remains under investigation, police said.

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