Lethbridge homicide victim identified as Irene Carter, 78

Lethbridgepolice are investigating the city's first homicide of the year.

Police nowsay the78-year-old woman who was found dead insideher home on Sunday was stabbed to death.

She has been identified as Irene Carter.

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The death was initially beingtreated as suspicious until an autopsy confirmed it as a homicide.

Police first responded to Carter's home in the 300 block of Normandy Road Southshortly after 2 p.m. on Sunday,after family members who were unable to reach her on the phone went to the house and discovered her body.

Investigators are still trying to sort out the series of events that led to Carter's death.

Anyone with information is asked to contact policeat403-328-4444or Crime Stoppers anonymously at1-800-222-8477.