Homicide Investigation
Citrus Heights Police Department 6315 Fountain Square Drive
Citrus Heights, CA 95621 For Emergencies Dial 9-1-1  | Homicide Investigation
| January 15, 2020 - City of Citrus Heights
| On January 15, 2020, at approximately 1:45 PM, the Citrus Heights
Police Department was requested by the California Highway Patrol (CHP)
to respond to the 7400 block of Auburn Oaks Court in Citrus Heights
regarding a suspicious death. The California Highway Patrol was
conducting a welfare check on a female at this location as a part of
their investigation of a deceased male subject who had been located with
a rope tied around his neck alongside the freeway embankment near the
border of Roseville and Citrus Heights city limits on Saturday, January
11, 2020.
CHP located the female deceased inside an apartment
at an Auburn Oaks Court residence and reported the circumstances to the
Citrus Heights Police Department. Citrus Heights police detectives
responded to the location and took over the investigation, which is
currently ongoing. During the course of the investigation, detectives
determined the death appeared to be a homicide.
The identity of
the adult female decedent is being withheld at this time as her next of
kin have not yet been notified. It is unconfirmed at this time, if the
CHP death investigation from January 11, 2020, is connected to the
homicide investigation.
As Citrus Heights detectives are actively
investigating this case, we would encourage anyone with information or
knowledge related to this incident to call the Citrus Heights Police
Department tip line at (916) 727-5524. |
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