Woman found dead in Fresno front yard identified. Deputies treating it as a homicide
The woman found dead in her front yard this week was named Friday by the Fresno County Coroner’s Office.
Deputies rushed to a home on McKinley east of Temperance avenues after a 911 call about 7:15 a.m. Thursday reported the 44-year-old was unresponsive, according to sheriff’s spokesperson Tony Botti.
She was identified Friday as Amanda Berry of Fresno, the coroner’s office said. Detectives are treating her death as a homicide.
As emergency personnel attended to the woman, it became clear she had injuries inconsistent with a natural death, deputies said. The sheriff’s office has not disclosed what kind of injuries she had.
Investigators spoke with a man who lived at the house who also was the 911 caller, according to the sheriff’s office, as well as relatives of the woman.
The man was described as a friend, and Berry was not married, the sheriff’s office said.
Botti said no new information other than the woman’s name was available Friday.
This story was originally published November 18, 2022 at 12:38 PM.
