Long Island Woman Found Strangled To Death In Home

SOUTH FARMINGDALE, NY — A woman was found strangled to death in her South Farmingdale home Wednesday afternoon, the Nassau County Police Department said.

Officers found Kelly Owen, 27, not breathing when they arrived at her home on First Avenue at 3:41 p.m., police said. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The medical examiner's office said she was strangled.

Owen lived with her parents, brother and 6-year-old daughter, police said, NBC 4 reported. Photos posted on Owen's Facebook page last week show her at Disney World with her daughter.

Detectives are asking anyone with information on the case, which is being investigated by the Homicide Squad, to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS.

Owen, a nursing student, got her daughter ready for school Wednesday morning before Owen's father took her to school. Owen's parents found her dead, according to Newsday.