By Associated Press - Monday, January 6, 2020

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Police in Virginia say they’re investigating a woman’s death as a homicide that was caused by neglect.

The Chesterfield County Police Department released few other details in a statement on Monday.

Police said Melissa Pierce, 47, died at her home south of Richmond in late May. Police said they responded to her house after receiving a report of a woman being in cardiac arrest.

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The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said later that it found her manner of death to be homicide.

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