A 64-year-old woman was stabbed to death at her Lowell, Massachusetts, home Sunday, according to the Middlesex County District Attorney's office.
The DA's office said officers were called to a home on Loring Street around 11:20 p.m. Sunday and found the victim, Linda Gilbert, unresponsive. She was taken to Lowell General Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
An autopsy determined the cause of death was multiple stab wounds.
Sonila Pich said she couldn't believe something like this would take place in her neighborhood.
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"I was shocked and when I saw," she said. "It's such a quiet area."
Another Lowell resident said it's difficult to imagine someone in the neighborhood killing another person, much less a woman of that age.
The death has left people like Pich feeling uneasy.
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"Now, something like that, I'm scared to go outside at night, you know?" she said.
The investigation is underway and few details were immediately available. Anyone with information is urged to call Massachusetts State Police at 781-897-6600 or Lowell police at 978-937-3200.
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