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84-Year-Old Woman Found Dead With Head Trauma in Bay Ridge

By DNAinfo Staff on February 26, 2012 4:39pm  | Updated on February 26, 2012 10:47pm

Detectives outside 671 90th St. in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn after a woman was found dead on Feb. 26th, 2012.
Detectives outside 671 90th St. in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn after a woman was found dead on Feb. 26th, 2012.
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By Paul Lomax and Tom Liddy

DNAinfo Reporters

BROOKLYN — An elderly woman was found dead with head trauma in Bay Ridge Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

Rescuers received a call for an unconscious person at a home on 90th Street and Parrott Place just before 1:20 p.m.

Jane Franco, 84, who was discovered by a family member, was found in bed and pronounced dead.

Sources said that she had unexplained trauma to her head.

"I don't think she was very well," said a longtime neighbor. "She used to sit out on the porch all the time. She was a nice lady."

Police said the medical examiner's office will determine the cause of death.