An 88-year-old woman who lived at the Forest View Assisted Living facility was found dead outside a nearby business early Sunday, Feb. 1, according to Brownstown Township police.
“Based on the preliminary investigation, the decedent had been there for a significant amount of time and was not dressed for the cold conditions,” Police Chief Jeff Watson said in a release issued Monday afternoon.
The assisted living center is at 19341 Allen Road. A passerby found the woman at a nearby business at about 8:15 a.m. Sunday, the release said.
Responding police and paramedics declared her dead, police reported. The body was turned over to the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy. Police are investigating.
Forest View had no comment, according to a representative who answered the phone Monday afternoon.
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