One person was in custody after a woman was found dead late Monday in northeast Miami-Dade, the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office said.
Authorities were called to a home at Northeast 2nd Avenue and Northeast 107th Street shortly after 11 p.m., where a woman was found dead inside. The scene is just blocks away from the Barry University campus.
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WATCH HEREHomicide detectives were investigating, but the woman's identity and cause of death were not immediately revealed.
More information on the person detained was also not available.
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Neighbors told NBC6 that the deceased was a woman who lived at the home with her teenage son.
One man took news crews to his backyard, were on the opposite side, he said he saw the woman's body.
"When I look in there, she was right there. It was right in front of the there in front of the door,” he said.
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He said he called her multiple times on the phone until he realized something was wrong.
Another neighbor who said they knew her and "gave her son driving lessons" was left stunned.
"This is normally a peaceful area. We never get anything here,” the neighbor said.
MDSO said there was no danger to the community.
Authorities had blocked off Northeast 2nd Avenue at Northeast 108th Street and Northeast 107th Street as investigators could be seen coming and going from the home.
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