NORTH SIOUX DEATH UPDATE

NORTH SIOUX CITY POLICE ARE CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF A 26-YEAR OLD WOMAN.

POLICE CHIEF JODY FRYE SAYS OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO THE PRAIRIE WOOD APARTMENTS AT 645 STREETER DRIVE ABOUT 2:20PM MONDAY.

THE BODY OF THE UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE WAS FOUND AND HAD SUSTAINED A SEVERE HEAD WOUND.

CHIEF FRYE SAYS THE INJURY WAS NOT CAUSED BY A GUNSHOT AND THE VICTIM WAS VISITING A FRIEND AT THE APARTMENT.

THE DEATH HAS NOT BEEN RULED A HOMICIDE AND NO ONE HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. 

FRYE SAYS AN AUTOPSY ON THE VICTIM IS BEING CONDUCTED TODAY AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HER DEATH REMAIN UNDER INVESTIGATION.