Camden police investigating stabbing death of woman
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CAMDEN, N.J. - Detectives are investigating the fatal stabbing of a Camden woman, officials say.
Camden City firefighters responded to a fire on the 800 block of Haddon Ave around 9 p.m. Saturday after a home s smoke detectors were activated.
Upon arrival, firefighters distinguished a small stove fire before they found a woman unresponsive in another room.
EMS staff discovered a puncture wound on the woman s back when they attempted to perform CPR. The victim, identified as Christina Pierce, 41 of Camden, was taken to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Firefighters find woman fatally stabbed after extinguishing apartment fire, police say
Updated Jan 31, 2021;
A 41-year-old woman was found Saturday evening fatally stabbed in a Camden apartment, the county prosecutor’s office announced Sunday.
City firefighters found Christina Pierce with a “puncture wound” in her back after they responded to an apartment on the 800 block of Haddon Avenue around 9 p.m., authorities said. The firefighters were called to the home for an activated smoke alarm.
Pierce was discovered unresponsive in a room in the apartment after the firefighters extinguished a small stove fire, officials said.
Firefighters and paramedics attempted CPR. They then rushed her to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead, authorities said.