Homicide detectives ID woman found dead in Little Italy; investigation continues

Police have identified the 67-year-old woman who was found dead on a Little Italy street corner as Victoria Sullenger of San Diego.

Sullenger was found around 3:40 a.m. Saturday at Hawthorne and State streets after someone called 911 to report finding her body.

Homicide detectives are investigating the death as suspicious, but they aren’t clear what happened to Sullenger, who police believe was homeless and living in an encampment in the area, police Lt. Anthony Dupree said.

She had what appeared to be traumatic injuries on her upper and lower body consistent with a fall, Dupree said.

“We think she fell, but we don’t know if she fell or if she was pushed,” Dupree said. “Right now we don’t have anyone who witnessed her falling.”

He said investigators are waiting for the county Medical Examiner’s Office to finish an autopsy on Sullenger to see what that shows.

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