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Police say a woman who was found dead in a Bangor home Wednesday was the victim of a homicide.

The woman, identified Thursday as 39-year-old Virginia Cookson, was found in a home on Larkin Street after 9 a.m. Wednesday, the Bangor Police Department said in a statement Thursday.

After Cookson did not show up for work Wednesday, a co-worker stopped by the residence and later called the police around 9 a.m., Detective Lieutenant Brent Beaulieu said.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner completed a post-mortem examination of Cookson’s body Thursday and deemed her manner of death a homicide, Beaulieu said.

The incident remains under investigation, and Beaulieu said police will not release additional details at this time.

Daniel Kool is the Portland Press Herald's utilities reporter, covering electricity, gas, broadband - anything you get a bill for. He also covers the impact of tariffs on Maine and picks up the odd business...