AN ELDERLY WOMAN IS FOUND DEAD INSIDE HER NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE HOME ON EUCLID COURT SATURDAY. POLICE SAY THEY HAVE NO SUSPECTS IN 87 YEAR OLD JOSEPHINA ORTEGA’S DEATH. THEY’RE INVESTIGATING IT AS A HOMICIDE.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE SHE LIVED IS KNOWN MOSTLY AS A PEACEFUL, FRIENDLY AREA. OFFICERS WERE SENT TO HER HOME AFTER GETTING CALLS FROM HER NEIGHBORS THAT HER DOG WAS LOOSE IN THE STREET. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEY FOUND ORTEGA DEAD IN HER HOME, WHERE NEIGHBORS SAY SHE HAD LIVED FOR 45 YEARS.
RESIDENTS DON’T ‘KNOW WHY ORTEGA WAS KILLED. THEY DESCRIBE HER AS BEING A FRIENDLY PERSON.
