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Newport News woman dead after alleged domestic assault early Monday [Video]

A woman was found dead in a residence on 75th Street early Monday. A man “known to her” has been taken into custody, police say.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A woman is dead after an alleged domestic assault in Newport News early Monday morning.

Police officers were called to the residence in the 1000 block of 75th St. at 2:25 a.m. for a report of an unresponsive female, according to a Newport News Police Department (NNPD) press release. 

They found a woman inside the residence, not breathing. Medics pronounced her deceased at the scene.

The woman has been identified as Emma Carolina Lopez Navarre, 36. Police say she had been involved in a domestic assault with a man known to her.

Javier Hernandez-Orellana, 47, was taken into custody at the scene without incident, the press release stated. He has been charged with second-degree homicide.

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