Crime & Safety

Yorktown Woman Found Dead at Mt. Kisco's Holiday Inn [Updated]

The woman was been identified as Ruth Annis, a 46-year-old Yorktown resident, according to the county medical examiner's office.

A Yorktown woman was found dead at the Mount Kisco Holiday Inn Tuesday afternoon. 

She has been identified by the Westchester County Medical Examiner's office as 46-year-old Ruth Annis.

No cause of death has been determined, the office stated, and a cause may be known in about 16-20 weeks. 

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Annis was discovered around 3:05 p.m. after police went to the building in response to a report of an "unresponsive party." She was found dead on arrival.

So far, police do not believe there was foul play involved.

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Yorktown Police Lt. Kevin Soravilla said the department received a report from an acquaintance on Monday reporting Annis missing. After the woman was found dead in Mt. Kisco, the Mt. Kisco Police Department took over the investigation, Soravilla said. 

The Westchester County Medical Examiner's office performed an autopsy on Wednesday, police said. The examiner's office reiterated the police department's statement, in that no foul play is suspected.

Providing mutual aid were the Mount Kisco Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Westchester County police and the Westchester County District Attorney's office.


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