BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A homicide investigation is underway after a woman's body was found inside an apartment after it caught fire last week on the west side of Bloomington.
The Monroe County coroner's office identified the woman as 32-year-old Teresa Michael of Bloomington. The coroner determined she died from manual strangulation and the case is now a homicide.
The coroner also said rumors of the victim's legs being cut off were not factual.
"It's out of the ordinary around here. It's not like it's the big city. You don't expect someone to come and kill your neighbor in the middle of the night in Bloomington, Indiana," said Shane King, murder victim's neighbor:
Police said she was found after firefighters and police responded to the fire just after 9:30 p.m. in the apartments off South Basswood Drive near Interstate 69.
