Tracy Kenemore

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A 55-year-old woman found dead in a home on Cane Run Road on Wednesday afternoon was a Louisville Metro Police employee, an LMPD spokeswoman said. 

That woman was identified Thursday morning by the Jefferson County Coroner's Office as Tracy Kenemore. Her cause of death has not been determined, but her manner of death is listed as a homicide.

Kenemore had been a traffic control officer with LMPD for 21 years, according to LMPD spokeswoman Elizabeth Ruoff.

Douglas Sweeney, a former LMPD lieutenant, said Kenemore was a school crossing guard who loved her job. 

"She was always smiling, and she'd always dress to the nines," Sweeney said. "Had her hair done and her makeup done, but she had an outgoing personality and cared about her kids."

Sweeney said he was taken aback when he learned she had been killed. 

"It's one of those things like Tracy? How can this happen to her? She didn't have any enemies," Sweeney said. 

Police say officers were called to a home in the 4400 block of Cane Run Road, near Kristin Way, around 12 p.m. Wednesday after someone reported that a person was down inside. The home is in Louisville's St. Denis neighborhood.

When officers arrived, they found Kenemore's body.

"It appears that foul play was involved," LMPD spokesman Dwight Mitchell said in a statement, adding that LMPD's Homicide Unit is investigating.

LMPD provided a photo of Kenemore. Ruoff said the agency appreciated the public's recognition of her passing, calling it a "tragedy." She declined to issue any further statements, citing the pending investigation.

No other information was provided.

Anyone with any information is asked to call the Louisville Metro Police anonymous tip line at 502-574-LMPD (5673).

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