Kansas woman found dead in car outside Augusta apartment complex

Augusta authorities are investigating a suspicious death after finding a woman’s body outside an Augusta apartment complex Thursday.

In an email issued at 5:20 p.m., Coroner Mark Bowen identified the deceased person as Tammy Mantooth, 57, of Iola, Kansas. An autopsy is scheduled.

Richmond County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. William McCarty said via email that deputies reported at 1:57 p.m. to Azalea Park Apartments on Fayetteville Drive off Milledgeville Road where they found Mantooth inside a parked vehicle. The Coroner’s Office pronounced the person dead at 3 p.m.

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