A woman was found dead inside a vehicle near a shopping center in Hyattsville, Maryland, on Wednesday, prompting a death investigation by Prince George’s County police. Officers had responded to the 2000 block of University Boulevard for a welfare check when they discovered her unresponsive inside the car.
According to fox5dc.com, officers responded to the scene around 12:20 p.m. for the welfare check before finding the woman unresponsive inside the vehicle. A separate account from WJLA states that officers discovered the vehicle in a parking lot in the same block of University Boulevard around 12:24 p.m., a slight discrepancy in the timeline that has not been resolved in either report.
Cause of Death Still Unclear
Police have not said how the woman died or how long she may have been inside the vehicle before officers arrived. The station’s report describes the circumstances surrounding her death as unclear, and no additional details about her identity have been released.
Police said the incident is being treated as a death investigation, a standard designation used while the circumstances surrounding a death are still being established. No further characterization of the case has been provided in the reporting so far.
