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Pensioner died of natural causes

Pensioner died of natural causes

Police say an elderly woman found dead in County Down had died of natural causes.

The body of the pensioner, who was 73, was discovered at a property in the High Street area of Portaferry.

Police officers were informed of the sudden death on Friday afternoon (January 28).

A police spokesman said that police had initially treated the death as suspicious, but a post mortem had established the pensioner had died of natural causes.

 

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