JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (WDRB) -- Police are investigating a death at a grocery shop in Jefferson County, Indiana.
Officers responded to a business on state Road 256 at 1:10 p.m. Saturday, May 14, according to a Facebook post by the Jefferson County Indiana Sheriff's Office. From there, they went to a home on West Kent Blankenship Road in Kent, Indiana, for a death investigation. It is not clear how or if the two locations are connected.
Cristy "Cricket" Newman, 44, was pronounced dead at Kent Mercantile, according to Jefferson County Sheriff David Thomas.
Dalton Simmons, who is in a "domestic partnership" with Newman, was arrested at Kent Mercantile on drug charges, including possession of methamphetamine.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating leads in the case.
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