ALHAMBRA – Detectives are investigating the death of a woman who was discovered hanging in a bedroom of an apartment early Sunday.
Coroner’s officials identified the woman as Elizabeth Setiawan, 38, of Alhambra and ruled the death a homicide after a preliminary examination.
Craig Harvey, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Department of the Coroner, said it was reported as a suicide but there are other injuries that are inconsistent with suicide and the manner of death. He said there is blunt force trauma to the body.
An autopsy was scheduled to be performed Tuesday, Harvey said.
Setiawan’s boyfriend was named as a person of interest in the case and taken to the Alhambra Police station, according to police. He hasn’t been arrested and is cooperating with the investigation.
Officers responding to an apartment at 1121 W. Hellman Avenue shortly after midnight Sunday found a man holding up a woman who was hanging in the bedroom.
Police said the woman was cut down, but attempts to revive her were unsuccessful and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Alhambra Police Department at 626-570-5162.