Illinois State Police canvas door-to-door at the scene of a homicide in the Thomas Terry Apartments complex in Brooklyn on Tuesday.
Joshua Carter
Belleville News-Democrat
Brooklyn
Authorities are conducting a homicide investigation after a 37-year-old woman was found dead Tuesday in her apartment in the village of Brooklyn.
St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr. identified the victim as Dolnesha A. Jones.
She was pronounced dead at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday inside her residence in the Thomas Terry Apartments, a public housing complex in the 600 block of South Sixth Street
Dye said her cause of death appears to be suffocation. An autopsy is pending.
Illinois State Police responded to the scene on Tuesday afternoon and canvassed the area. An agency spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the investigation.
Brooklyn Police Chief Tony Tomlinson also could not be reached for comment.
Yellow police tape blocks off the scene of a suspected homicide at the Thomas Terry apartment complex in Brooklyn on Tuesday. Joshua Carter Belleville News-Democrat