CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. (KGO) -- Investigators are still at a burned-out home in Castro Valley. A woman was found dead there Tuesday, but she wasn't killed by the fire.
The fire was reported at 2:45 Tuesday morning. A 59-year-old woman was found dead inside. Investigators say she had brutal injuries. She had been living alone in the home on Grove Way since her husband died in April.
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Sheriff's investigators have no suspects and are trying to figure out if the killer was trying to cover up some other crime like a burglary.
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"By all accounts, we've spoken with neighbors and family and friends and everybody without question that this lady is nothing but a wonderful woman. So there's no indication for why this would happen to her," said Alameda County Sheriff's Dept. Sgt. J.D. Nelson.
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Sheriff's investigators say they're not going to leave today until they have collected all the evidence they need to build a case against the person who did this.
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Grove Way is a busy street and the investigators are checking homes for surveillance video. They say if you have a camera and they haven't talked with you to give the sheriff's department a call.