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Body of woman found on Thanksgiving identified; investigated as homicide
BATON ROUGE - The body of a woman that was found on Thanksgiving night has been identified.
The body belongs to 47-year-old Roxann Bond of Dry Prong, LA, according to police.
The body was found on the side of East Industrial Avenue, in an industrial area of North Baton Rouge on Thursday night. After an autopsy, Dr. Beau Clark confirmed the woman died after being shot several times in the head. Dr. Clark has ruled the death a homicide.
Thursday night, Baton Rouge Police were called to the area around 7 p.m. Someone found the body and called 911. News 2 broke the story as crime scene investigators and homicide detectives arrived to the scene.
The investigation is ongoing and no motive has been identified.
Anyone with information on this incident is urged to contact the Violent Crimes Unit at 389-4869.
NEW: Woman found on E. Industrial Ave last night died from multiple gun shot wounds to the head, according the the EBR Coroner. @WBRZ
— Brett Buffington (@BrettBuffington) November 25, 2016
Police ID woman found yesterday as Roxann Bond, 47, of Dry Prong, LA
— Brett Buffington (@BrettBuffington) November 25, 2016Trending News
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