Woman found dead in home

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A woman was found dead inside her Glendora, NJ home Tuesday afternoon. Investigators are calling the death suspicious. NBC10's Nefertiti Jaquez reports on the latest in the investigation. (Published Tuesday, May 27, 2014)

Wednesday, May 28, 2014 • Updated at 5:41 AM EST

Police have identified a woman who was found dead inside her home in Gloucester Township, New Jersey.

The body of Rebecca Ugarte, 21, was found inside her first floor apartment in a duplex on the 100 block of Austin Avenue in Glendora around 1 p. m. on Tuesday. Police say another resident in the home made the discovery.

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Her death has been ruled as "suspicious," according to investigators though they have not yet revealed why.

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An autopsy will be performed on Ugarte on Wednesday.

Investigators also interviewed a man and a woman who they say were inside the duplex at the time the body was found. They have not yet revealed their relationship with the victim however.

If you have any information on Ugarte's death, please call Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Chuck Farrell at (856) 225-8653 or Gloucester Township Police Detective Scott Obermeier at (856) 228-4500.

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Update: Woman Found Dead in Home, Not Suspicious

UPDATE — Police said on Monday the woman’s death is not suspicious.

WATSONTOWN — A body was found in a home in Northumberland County.

Officers said they were called to the house on Grandview Drive in Watsontown on Thursday where a woman was found dead.

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Well, let’s try this dance again after WNEP censored THREE responses to HELLO WORLD’s blather.

1. It was not a criticism, it as an observation. Back home when we read “body found,” it usually means “body dumped or just kinda shows up!!” If someone is deceased in their OWN home, or even in a friend or family member’s home it SHOULDN’T say found!

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Victim identified as Cynthia Hardeman

Family members speak about woman found dead in Fort Lauderdale home

RIGHT NOW AT 5:30 WE'RE HEARING FROM RELATIVES OF A WOMAN WHO WAS FOUND UDDER IMMEDIATE IN HER FORT LAUDERDALE HOME TODAY. FAMILY MEMBERS WERE IN SHOCK. THEY COULD BE SEEN CONSOLING EACH OTHER AT THE CRIME SCENE THIS MORNING. AND POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR HER PIRM LOCAL10 NEWS REPORTER TERRELL FORNEY JOINS US LIVE NOW WITH THE LATEST. VICTOR AND JANINE, WE KNOW THAT MADE HISTORY WOMAN LIFTED ALONE IF THIS APARTMENT THAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME, THE 400 BLOCK OF NORTHWEST 13th AVENUE HERE IN FORT LAUDERDALE. CRIME SCENE TECHNICIANS ARE HERE, AND LATE THIS AFTERNOON WE LEARNED THROUGH A SOURCE THAT THIS WOMAN WAS BEATEN TO DEATH. THE CRIME SCENE VANS AND SQUAD OF HOMICIDE DETECTIVES MOVED IN JUST BEFORE 9:00 THIS MORNING. INSIDE THE HOME, THE BODY OF 45-YEAR-OLD CYNTHIA HARDEMAN. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT IT HAD TO BE MY SISTER. I WANTED HER OUT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND COULDN'T GET OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS WHAT WE GET. Reporter: RELATIVES SWARMED OUTSIDE OF SAUND'S HOME LOOKING FOR ANSWERS, INCLUDING HER ONLY SON WHO WAS SEEN STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH THE DEVASTATING NEWS. SHE WAS A WELL-LOVED PERSON. FOR SOMEBODY TO DO THIS TO HER, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. Reporter: CYNTHIA WHO SUFFERED FROM SIGNIFICANT BURNS IN AN INCIDENT SEVERAL YEARS AGO HAD LONG STRUGGLED WITH DRUG ADDICTION. HER NEIGHBORS STAY THEY ONLY SAW THE GOOD SIDE AND WE CALL HER THE LAWN LADY. WHY? BECAUSE SHE WAS A SWEETHEART AND SHE LOVED EVERYBODY. THE LADY DIDN'T DO NOTHING BUT GO CUT GRASS AND MAKE MONEY TO PAY HER BILLS. SHE WAS VERY BUSY. SOMETIMES IF SHE AIN'T GOT NO MONEY, SHE CUT IT ANYWAY. JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE DO DRUGS DOESN'T MEAN THEY DON'T HAVE LOVED WOPS. THEY HAVE LOVED ONES. Reporter: BY LATE AFTERNOON LOVE WOPS WATCHED AS DETECTIVES SEARCHED THE IMMEDIATE AREA, SCOURING TRASH CANS MERE NEARBY AND USING K-9 DOZEN SNIFF OUT CLUES P THE AT THE EVIDENCE WILL TELL THE FINAL STORY OF WHY THE LIFE OF THIS BELOVED MOTHER WAS TRAGICALLY CUT SHORT. I HOPE AND PRAY THAT THEY CATCH THE PERSON THAT DID THIS. Reporter: CERTAINLY A LOAN AND GRUELING DAY NOT JUST FOR THESE INVESTIGATORS BUT FOR THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS AS WELL. NO KNOWN MOTIVE AT THIS POINT, AND AT LAST CHECK NO SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR ANY LEADS THAT COULD POINT THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO WHO TOOK THIS WOMAN'S LIFE.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -

Police are investigating after a woman was found dead in her Fort Lauderdale home.

Fort Lauderdale police were called to an apartment at 418 NW 13th Ave. shortly before 8:30 a. m. Thursday.

The victim was identified as Cynthia Hardeman. Her family told Local 10's Terrell Forney they can't imagine why someone would want her dead.

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"She was a well-loved person," said Erica Hines, the victim's sister. "For somebody to do this to her, it doesn't make sense.

Hardeman, 45, has been arrested on five drug charges between 1988 and 2008. She was most recently arrested in July 2014 on a prostitution charge.

"We called her the lawn lady," said Laquesta Fluellen, who lives in the neighborhood. "Because she was a sweeet heart and she loved everybody. The lady didn't do nothing but go cut grass and make money to pay her bills."

A source close to the investigation told Local 10 News that Hardeman was beaten to death.

Police are still looking for her killer.

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