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Towaoc Woman Died of Natural Causes in Cortez City Park, Police Chief Says

Austin Cope
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KSJD

A 52-year-old woman died in Cortez’s City Park on Friday.

Police Chief Roy Lane says Joanna Laner of Towaoc was found, not breathing, around 4 that afternoon about a half-hour after a welfare check by police. Lane says there was no indication of foul play and her death was from natural causes.

Gail Binkly is a career journalist who has worked for the Colorado Springs Gazette and Cortez Journal, and was the editor of the Four Corners Free Press, based in Cortez.
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