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51-year-old woman killed in Des Moines homicide, police say

Police say they went to the home for a welfare check at approximately 10:30 a.m. Monday after someone called the station. They believe there is no ongoing threat.

DES MOINES, Iowa — EDITOR'S NOTE: The above video is from Monday, Dec. 12.

Des Moines police are investigating a woman's death as a homicide after her body was found in a home on Glenwood Drive Monday morning.

Police say they went to a home at the 1600 block of Glenwood Drive for a welfare check around 10:30 a.m. Monday after someone called the station. Upon arrival, they found the body of 51-year-old Natasha Lue Jean Williams of Des Moines.

"We've got a lot more questions than answers about the circumstances inside the home. We're receiving a lot of information that we're slowly, kind of methodically, trying to whittle down to what the facts actually are," Sgt. Paul Parizek told Local 5 Monday. 

It is still unclear who asked police to go the home.

"So, we've got a crime scene unit investigation unit out here. We're treating this like it's a worst-case scenario situation until we actually work through what's going on in there and figure out exactly what happened," Parizek added. 

Police believe there is no ongoing threat to the neighborhood. This marks the 18th Des Moines homicide of 2022.

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