MIDDLETOWN — Police found a woman dead in a vehicle in Middletown on Thursday.
Middletown Division of Police responded to a welfare check in the 4000 block of Tytus Avenue around 4:35 p.m.
When officers arrived on scene, they found a woman dead inside a vehicle.
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The woman was identified as 43-year-old Samantha Kelly, according to the Middletown Coroner’s Office.
The Coroner’s Office confirmed her cause of death was a gunshot wound.
Following police investigations, 51-year-old Darwin Malcolm was arrested and charged with murder, tampering with evidence and gross abuse of a corpse, according to Middletown Police social media.
The homicide remains under further investigation.
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