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Fort Lauderdale Police Open Homicide Probe After Woman Found by Dumpster

The body was discovered beside a school fence in an area neighbors describe as a hangout for squatters.

Overview

  • Officers responded just before 7:30 a.m. and pronounced the woman dead behind single-story apartments near Northwest Third Street and 15th Way.
  • Police classified the case as a homicide, though detectives initially reported no visible injuries on the body.
  • 7News reported the body was covered with pieces of cardboard next to a blue dumpster.
  • The site sits adjacent to North Fork Elementary School and just north of the Fort Lauderdale Police Station.
  • Investigators have not released the woman’s identity or age, and residents reported seeing a man and a woman in a nearby alley the night before.