Police are investigating a homicide in Maple Ridge.
R-C-M-P say officers responded to reports of a woman bleeding from serious injuries along 232 Street, just north of Maple Ridge Park, yesterday afternoon.
They say paramedics and firefighters tried to save the woman's life, but she was pronounced dead just over an hour later.
Police say there is nothing to suggest threats to public safety, and the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over the case.
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