{"id":160073,"date":"2026-02-18T17:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/160073\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T17:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:34:09","slug":"homicide-investigation-underway-after-body-of-woman-found-at-fort-lauderdale-apartment-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/160073\/","title":{"rendered":"Homicide investigation underway after body of woman found at Fort Lauderdale apartment complex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0February 18, 2026 at 12:13 PM<\/p>\n<p>Homicide investigation underway in Fort Lauderdale, cops say  Police are investigating the death of a woman who they said was found at a Fort Lauderdale apartment complex Wednesday morning.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.  \u2014 Police are investigating the death of a woman who they said was found at a Fort Lauderdale apartment complex Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/02\/18\/investigan-homicidio-tras-hallazgo-del-cuerpo-de-una-mujer-en-complejo-de-apartamentos-en-fort-lauderdale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/02\/18\/investigan-homicidio-tras-hallazgo-del-cuerpo-de-una-mujer-en-complejo-de-apartamentos-en-fort-lauderdale\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Detectives said they were called to the 1500 block of Southwest Second Street, where a blue tent was set up at the scene to conduct a homicide investigation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A man who called 911 told Local 10\u2019s Jolena Esperto off-camera that the woman\u2019s body appeared battered and had been covered with cardboard boxes from the trash when he discovered it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sky 10 flew over the woman\u2019s body, which was located near a dumpster at Alden Apartments, a complex located next to North Fork Elementary School.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Fort Lauderdale police officers secured the scene, surrounding the area with at least 20\u201330 patrol vehicles. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Investigators added yellow crime scene tape to block off several buildings in the complex. Detectives photographed the scene and used forensic kits while a crime scene unit assisted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A detective at the scene said the woman\u2019s body did not show visible injuries, leaving it unclear what might have occurred. Authorities continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding her death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">No other details were immediately released. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Anyone with information is urged to call the Fort Lauderdale Police Department at 954-828-5700 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Jolena Esperto\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/4c492fdc-471c-4ae6-a004-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Jolena Esperto<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Jolena Esperto joined the Local 10 News team in July of 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0February 18, 2026 at 12:13 PM Homicide investigation underway in Fort Lauderdale, cops say Police are investigating the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-160073","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-lauderdale","8":"tag-fort-lauderdale","9":"tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","10":"tag-fort-lauderdale-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}