Flint police call Friday death of 38-year-old woman suspicious

FLINT, Michigan — Police are calling the death of a 38-year-old woman around 8:30 a.m. Friday outside a home on Van Buskirk Street suspicious.

Police say the woman, Shane D. Bartels, was found outside the home. The original call was a suicide, police said.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. There were no gunshot or stab wounds, police said

Results from an autopsy should come in today, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Flint Police Sgt. Brett Small at 810-237-6917 or CRIMESTOPPERS at 1-800-422-JAIL.

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