Police were investigating the mysterious death of a 20-year-old woman whose badly decomposed body was found behind a locked door in a New York University apartment complex.The woman, whose name was not immediately released, was believed to be the daughter of a traveling NYU faculty member.
Investigators were treating the death as a homicide, said New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne, who declined further comment.
An autopsy done Monday was inconclusive. More testing was needed to confirm the woman's identity and determine how she died, said medical examiner's office spokeswoman Ellen Borakove.
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