SOUTH PASADENA – Sheriff’s detectives Wednesday are investigating the fatal stabbing of a woman who was found inside a house in South Pasadena.
The stabbing was reported at 8:45 p.m. Tuesday at 820 Brent Ave., near Mission Street, where South Pasadena Police Department officers found the victim, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Tracy Koerner.
NBC 4 reported the victim, who was in her 70s, was found by her grandchildren, who were doing a welfare check at the home.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
The sheriff’s department will assist South Pasadena police with the investigation of the woman’s death, Koerner said.