"Worcester woman found dead in home with 2 young children
A woman found dead of an apparent heroin overdose in her Green Hill Parkway apartment last night may have been dead for three to five days with two young children in the house, neighbors say they were told by police. The property manager went to the house last night to collect the rent, but no one answered the door, and he went around back to try another door. The children inside reportedly told the manager that their mother was sleeping and wouldn't get up. A neighbor and the manager prompted the woman's 5-year-old son to put a chair next to the door so he could reach the lock and let the manager in. The manager found the 34-year-old woman curled up on the floor of a makeshift closet. There was drug paraphernalia at her feet and on a nearby counter. Police Sgt. Kerry Hazelhurst said the woman apparently died of a drug overdose. He did not identify her, pending notification of relatives....
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