Woman's death outside Stockton church ruled homicide

Stockton police say they are investigating a woman's death outside of a church as a homicide. 

Around 8:50 a.m. Friday, officers responded to the area of God's Throne Baptist Church on the corner of E. Lindsay Street and N. Sutter Street. 

At the scene, police said they located a woman unresponsive and had died, police said. Her identification has not been released.

In an update Friday afternoon, police said her death was ruled a homicide, saying she had lacerations to the upper body. 

No suspect information was available. 

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