ST. LOUIS — The burned remains of an unidentified woman were found in north St. Louis Saturday evening, a brief report from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said. Detectives with the police department's Homicide Division began investigating the death.
The remains were found around 8:30 p.m. in a parking lot on the 1200 block of Switzer Avenue, which puts the scene in St. Louis's Baden neighborhood. That portion of Switzer Avenue is near Baden Avenue.
The woman, believed to be in her 20s, was found unconscious, not breathing, and she had been set on fire, according to the police report.
She was pronounced dead at the scene by responding paramedics.
More information may be forthcoming further into the investigation. This story will be updated with the latest information as it becomes available.
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