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Saginaw Police identify Hess Avenue victims
Posted: 03.07.2013 at 12:45 PM
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The scene yesterday at the Hess Avenue home where 42-year-old Leigh King and her 11-year-old daughter Sharlea King were found.  / Walter Smith-Randolph
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SAGINAW -- Saginaw police have identified the two people found dead on the 200 block of Hess Avenue today.

According to officials the victims are 42-year-old Leigh King and her 11-year-old daughter Sharlea King.

The deaths have also been ruled a homicide by the Saginaw Police.

Police responded to the scene on Hess Ave around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Saginaw City detectives, along with Michigan State Police detectives and the Michigan State Police crime lab are all investigating at this time.

The cause of death is being withheld at this time, until an autopsy can be performed.

These are the third and fourth homicides this year in the City of Saginaw.

Anyone with information should call the Saginaw Police department at 989-759-1598 or CRIMESTOPPERS at 800-422-JAIL.

 

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