Police have detained an individual for questioning after a woman was stabbed to death inside a South Philadelphia home early Sunday morning, officials said.
According to police, a 55-year-old woman was stabbed to death during an incident that happened on Sunday morning at a home along the 2100 block of South 7th Street.
Law enforcement officials said officers responding to the scene found a woman -- who police have not provided further identifying information on -- unresponsive after she was stabbed in her neck and in both legs.
Officials said that the woman was pronounced at the scene at about 8:26 a.m. and an individual -- who police also have not yet provided further identifying information on -- was taken in for questioning
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No weapon has been recovered and no arrests have yet been made, officials said.
An investigation, officials said, is ongoing.
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