NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. (WHDH) - A homicide investigation is underway in North Andover after a woman was found apparently strangled to death in a two-family home on Lincoln Street, the Essex District Attorney’s office confirmed Saturday.

Officers responding to a report of an unresponsive woman about 12:30 p.m. found Wendi Rose Davidson, 49, dead in a downstairs apartment. A homicide investigation was launched after investigators determined Davidson appeared to have been strangled.

Authorities said they do not believe Davidson’s death was a random act. No arrests have been made.

This is a developing story, 7News will post additional information as it becomes available.

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