UPDATE: DSP investigating homicide death of 72-year-old Dover woman

6/27 UPDATE: Police have identified the victim as 72-year-old Denise Wood.

This incident remains under investigation.

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DOVER, Del. – Delaware State Police are investigating after a woman was reportedly found dead inside her residence Sunday evening.

At around 5:20 p.m., troopers were called to Case Ridge Road in Dover for a report of a 72-year-old woman found dead inside her bedroom. The Homicide Unit has assumed the investigation due to the circumstances surrounding the woman’s death.

The victim’s name is being withheld until her family is notified.

No suspect information is available.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact Detective B. McDerby at 302-741-2821.

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