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SIU investigates woman’s death in Zorra Township

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Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating the death a woman in Zorra.

On Friday, officers with Oxford County OPP contacted a woman to ask her to turn herself in with respect to an ongoing investigation.

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On Sunday, after the woman had not turned herself in, an officer went to her home around 8:30 a.m. There was no answer and the officer left, the special investigations unit (SIU) said in a statement.

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Shortly after, the agency said people who knew the woman found her dead inside the home.

Three investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to the incident. The post-mortem is scheduled for Monday in London.

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Anyone with information is asked to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529. The unit is also urging anyone who may have any video evidence related to this incident to upload that video through the SIU website.

The SIU is an arm’s-length agency that investigates reports involving police where there has been death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.

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