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Police Investigate Woman's Death In N. Charlotte

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Homicide detectives are investigating after a woman was found dead Thursday morning outside an apartment in north Charlotte. 

Charlotte Mecklenburg Police say they were called to Oakwinds Court, just off Old Statesville Road, at 8:42 a.m., for a report of an assault with a deadly weapon. The woman was found dead in a vehicle.

Her name has not been released. Police have not said if they have a suspect.

It would be the 60th homicide of 2019 in Charlotte, more than the 58 in all of last year.

David Boraks previously covered climate change and the environment for WFAE. See more at www.wfae.org/climate-news. He also has covered housing and homelessness, energy and the environment, transportation and business.