Dallas police say they are now investigating a homicide after a woman's body was found in a burned apartment Friday afternoon.[[378457981,C]]
Firefighters were called at about 1:45 p.m. to an apartment complex in the 14000 block of Peyton Drive.
There, they found a woman's body in a burned apartment unit.
The woman, identified by her family as 53-year-old Eliuth Arteaga, lived in the apartment with her daughter, son-in-law and their three children, they said.
The woman's granddaughter told NBC 5 Arteaga was home by herself at the time of the fire.
Police said Arteaga died from "homicidal violence," but additional information was not released.
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No other injuries were reported in the fire.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 214-671-3661.
