Updated Sunday, Sept. 14, 12:18 p.m.

Davidson police said Sunday a coroner’s report shows that a 72-year-old woman in the River Run neighborhood died of natural causes in her home Thursday.

Mary Hill was found dead Friday afternoon in her home on River Ford Drive, where she lived alone. Police Chief Jeanne Miller said an autopsy showed she died of a stroke.

Previous item, published Sept. 13, 2008 5:29 p.m.

Police investigate woman’s death in River Run

Davidson police are awaiting a coroner’s report on the cause of death of a 72-year-old woman who was found dead in her home Friday in the River Run neighborhood.

Police Chief Jeanne Miller said a neighbor called police to the home on River Ford Drive, off Davidson-Concord Road, just after 2 p.m. Friday to check on the resident. She lived alone and the neighbor had not seen her for a couple of days. The deceased woman was found lying on her bedroom floor.

Chief Miller did not identify the woman.

The woman was last heard from around 4 p.m. Wednesday, and may have been dead a couple of days, the chief said.  Police found no signs of a break-in, but cordoned off the home and treated it as a crime scene.

“We’re still conducting a death investigation,” Chief Miller said Saturday. “There’s not an obvious homicide. … (But) there were a couple of things that concerned us.”

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