Woman found dead on steps of church in Southwest Philly

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PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A woman was found dead on the steps of a church in Southwest Philadelphia Sunday morning.

Police said officers responded just after 8 a.m. to St. Irenaeus Church, part of the Divine Mercy Parish, on Grovers Avenue in the Eastwick section of the city, where they found the woman unresponsive.

She was pronounced dead at the scene minutes later.

The cause of death is unknown. This is an ongoing invesigtation.

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