Crime & Safety

85-Year-Old Lower Pottsgrove Woman Killed Inside Her Home: DA

Police said that one suspect is in custody.

LOWER POTTSGROVE TOWNSHIP, PA — An elderly woman was killed inside her home in Montgomery County on Tuesday, officials said.

The incident occurred on the 1900 block of North Keim Street in Lower Pottsgrove Township.

Margaret Seltmann, 85, was dead when first responders arrived. The manner of death is not yet clear and an autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday.

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One suspect was taken into custody, with the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office describing the homicide as a "domestic incident."

The suspect has not yet been identified publicly as charges have not yet been filed.

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