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Gwinnett police investigate death of elderly woman
Gwinnett County police are trying to determine whether a partially paralyzed 72-year-old women found dead Tuesday morning met with foul play.
The woman was discovered by her husband and a caretaker at her home in the 1100 block of Simonton Glen Way in unincorporated Lawrenceville. A Gwinnett police spokesman said she died from apparent blunt force trauma.
"We're treating this as a suspicious death," Gwinnett Cpl. Edwin Ritter said.
Police have asked the public to be on the lookout for a 2006 champagne colored Toyota Camry, with Georgia tag number ACE4286, missing from the woman's residence.
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A native Atlantan, Boone joined the AJC staff in 2007. He quickly carved out a niche covering crime stories, assuming the public safety beat in 2014. He's covered some of the biggest trials this decade, from Hemy Neuman to Ross Harris to Chip Olsen, the latter of which was featured on Season 7 of the AJC's award-winning "Breakdown" podcast.
