HOMICIDE PROBE Autopsy shows woman in closet was strangled
Police have made no arrests in the woman's death.
By PEGGY SINKOVICH
VINDICATOR TRUMBULL STAFF
WARREN -- A 39-year-old woman found dead inside her Clearwater Street Northwest home was strangled, preliminary autopsy reports state.
City detectives Gary Vingle and Joseph Marhulik say they are continuing to investigate the death of Deana Jenkins and are treating it as a homicide investigation.
Police said the Trumbull County Coroner's office will not release a ruling on the death until the toxicology reports are returned from the lab. Those reports should be returned in about a month, officials said.
Jenkins' body was found around 8:30 p.m. May 13 in a closet of the home she shared with her husband, David, and their two children.
David Jenkins is the girls basketball coach at Warren G. Harding High School.
No arrests have been made, and police have no suspects.
Detectives noted that they will wait until after Jenkins' funeral Wednesday to continue interviewing family members.
Honoring co-worker
Employees at the Trumbull County Child Support Enforcement Agency, where Deana Jenkins worked, said they will be wearing hot pink carnations Wednesday in memory of their co-worker. Hot pink was Jenkins' favorite color, employees said.
Christina Campbell, agency director, said Jenkins was at work earlier May 13 and didn't indicate she had any problems.
Jenkins worked for 10 years at the agency as an enforcement specialist.
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