OLYPHANT, Pa. —
UPDATE: As of 7 p.m. Tuesday, State Police have said the death in Olyphant is not suspicious in nature. They now say the person who died was a 28-year-old woman, and that an autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday morning.
Original Story:
State police and the Lackawanna County coroner are investigating a death at a home in the 600 block of Susquehanna Avenue in Olyphant.
The coroner confirms a 27-year-old woman was found dead in her home Tuesday morning. Her name was not released.
Police are treating this as a suspicious death.
Olyphant Police Chief James Devoe says the call came in as a call for smoke in the home along Susquehanna Avenue in Olyphant.
Police tell us that the victim's young son placed that call and then ran to get his grandmother next door, and that's when the victim was discovered.
State police, along with Olyphant Police, were in and out of the home throughout the day, collecting evidence and checking cameras on the home and on nearby neighbors' houses.
A state police forensics team and firefighters were also at the home.
More details are expected after an autopsy.
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