31-year-old woman found dead in Coachella home

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Authorities are investigating a possible homicide in Coachella after the discovery of a woman’s body in a home Sunday morning.

Police responded to the residence, on Calle Empalme, at about 6:35 a.m. after receiving a call about a deceased woman, reports KESQ. Investigators with the Coachella Police Department and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Central Homicide are now investigating the woman’s death as a potential homicide.

Authorities have not announced the victim’s identity, but did release that it was a 31-year-old woman from Coachella.

According to the Desert Sun, this is already the third death in the city of Coachella being investigated as a homicide in 2016.