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Police identify woman found dead behind Newport News Middle school

Posted at 8:39 PM, Feb 11, 2016
and last updated 2016-02-17 14:17:36-05

Newport News, Va.-Police are investigating the death of a woman found behind Gildersleeve Middle School.  A woman was walking her dog when the dog located an unresponsive person lying on the ground near a wooded area of the school.

Officers arrived and found an adult female, she was pronounced dead at the scene.

The victim has been identified as 38-year-old Camille Andrea Roush of Mathews County.

Roush's cause of death is still unknown at this time.  No signs of trauma were seen to her body and she was taken to the medical examiner's office.

Investigators are waiting on toxicology results.

Police say the death does not seem suspicious.