Homicide Report > Kathleen Morse, 85 [Updated]
Kathleen Morse, 85 [Updated]
Died Feb. 26, 2010 at 7:35 a.m.
Kathleen Morse, an 85-year-old white woman, died Friday, Feb. 26, after suffering blunt-force trauma to the head in the 2000 block of East Avenue R1 in Palmdale, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Although her death was initially listed as a homicide, a final determination of the death has been deferred, said Ed Winter, a spokesman for the coroner's office. Results will not be available for six to eight more weeks.
Winter said Morse's grandson told authorities that he found her unresponsive in her residence about 3 a.m. He waited until 7 a.m. to call other family members and then paramedics to alert them to his grandmother's condition. Paramedics arrived at the home at 7:35 a.m. and pronounced Morse dead, Winter said. The grandson was taken in for questioning.
[Updated Feb. 28, 2011: Coroner's officials said although Morse suffered blunt-force trauma, they are unable to conclude whether that caused her death. Her cause of death was ruled "undetermined."]
— Sarah Ardalani
- Ruling: Undetermined
- Neighborhood: Palmdale
- Age: 85
- Gender: Female
- Cause: Blunt force
- Day of the week: Friday
- Agency: LASD Homicide
- Race/Ethnicity: White
- Crime scene: Residence
Four reader comments about Kathleen Morse
What happen, and why?
March 1, 2010 at 10:15 a.m.
Is there an update to this case? It's been over 6-8 weeks for the coroner tests, etc. to come back. Is the manner of death still undetermined?
May 20, 2010 at 3:09 p.m.
The cause of death has been determined, and it was very brutal. As a close friend of the granddaughter of Kathleen, and I was sick over the results of the autopsy.
Kathleen was such a beautiful person. I am so glad to have known her, and in my life, feel privileged to have called her "Nana".
Dec. 27, 2010 at 9:22 a.m.
She is missed.
Feb. 25, 2012 at 4:29 p.m.
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