LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Police said they are investigating after a woman was found dead in Louisville's Crescent Hill neighborhood.

According to Dwight Mitchell, a spokesman for the Louisville Metro Police Department, officers were called to the 100 block of South Birchwood, just off of Frankfort Avenue, shortly after 1 p.m. Monday when someone reported a person down at that location.

When officers arrived, they found a woman who was "obviously deceased," according to Mitchell.

Police have not released any more information.

The LMPD Homicide Unit is investigating, and Mitchell said the case is being handled as a death investigation.

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