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An autopsy has determined a woman found deceased in her car earlier this week suffered from an apparent gunshot wound to her upper body.
At 10:45 am on April 13, community member saw an unconscious woman in a vehicle in the parking lot of Mount Vernon Hospital located at 8033 Holland Road. Officers and fire and rescue personnel found Brenda Ochoa Guerrero, 33, of Alexandria in the passenger seat of her vehicle. She was declared deceased at the scene. Ochoa Guerrero had apparent trauma to the upper body, but no immediate cause of death could be discerned.
Ochoa Guerrero was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to conduct an autopsy to determine exact cause and manner of death. Preliminarily, the Medical Examiner discovered that the deceased had suffered an apparent gunshot wound to the upper body.
Through detectives’ investigation and review of surveillance footage, they saw two men park Ochoa’s vehicle at 1:11 a.m. then leave the area. The men were then picked up by another SUV and left the area.
If you have any information about this incident or Ochoa Guerrero, please call 703-246-7800, option 2.