CROWN POINT, IN. (THECOUNT) — A dead woman was discovered inside a house following a fire that broke out in on Trenton St in Crown Point, Indiana, on Saturday, police say.
The fire started around noon in a home at 754 Trenton St., Crown Point police Chief Pete Land said.
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When firefighters arrived on scene, the rear of the house was engulfed in flames. While searching the home after putting out the fire, investigators found the woman’s body in the living room, reports NWITimes.
The Lake County coroner was summoned and the cause of death is unknown at this time, officials said.
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Geo quick facts: Crown Point is a city in and the county seat of Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 27,317 at the 2010 census. The city was incorporated in 1868. On October 31, 1834, Solon Robinson and his family became the first settlers to an area that later became Crown Point – Wikipedia.