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A woman who was fatally strangled in Denver’s Globeville neighborhood last week has been identified.
Josefina Mendez-Pantoya, 54, was pronounced dead on Wednesday, at about 1:50 a.m., in the 4700 block of Pearl Street, according to the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner. She died of “blunt force injuries and strangulation” and her manner of death is a homicide.
A suspect has been arrested and the case has been sealed, said Jay Casillas, a police spokesman.
