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Police ID Woman Found Murdered In Storage Shed In Colorado Springs

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP/CBS4) - The El Paso County Sheriff's Office on Monday released the identity of a woman who was found dead in a storage shed in Colorado Springs.

On Friday authorities were investigating the report of a missing person when they went to a public storage facility located at 4400 block of East Platte Avenue and found a body in a minivan inside one of the units.

Julie Tureson
Julie Tureson (credit: El Paso County Sheriff's Office)

The victim has been identified as Julie Tureson, 33, whose death has been ruled a homicide.

Sheriff's office spokeswoman Jacqueline Kirby says investigators are questioning James Woo, a person of interest who was arrested on Friday at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport while trying to board a flight to Hong Kong.

Springs Body Found Storage Unit James Woo
An image of the peson of interest (credit: El Paso County Sheriff's Office)
James Woo
James Woo (credit: El Paso County Sheriff's Office)

The sheriff's office is not releasing a cause of death.

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