A woman was discovered dead Oct. 21 on the Near East Side in what Columbus police have determined was a homicide.
On Oct. 21, Columbus police responded around 11 p.m. to an unknown complaint at the 1400 block of E. Fulton Street on the Near East Side, according to an Oct. 23 release. When they arrived, medics informed them that a woman, identified as Amy Jo Ballard, 45, was pronounced dead on scene and had suffered major trauma before her death.
Columbus police homicide detectives were called to the scene and the Franklin County Coroner's Office later determined her death was a homicide.
The motive behind the homicide is unknown at this time, police said, and no suspects have been identified.
Anyone with information regarding this incident, is asked
to call the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at (614) 645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at (614) 461-TIPS (8477).
Cole Behrens covers K-12 education and school districts in central Ohio. Have a tip? Contact Cole at cbehrens@dispatch.com or connect with him on X at @Colebehr_report
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Police say woman's death on Near East Side was homicide
