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Autopsy: Valparaiso woman strangled

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By ABC7
February 24, 2012 (VALPARAISO, Indl.)

Investigators say 22-year-old Shawnna Forgus appears to have been strangled, although it will take weeks for them to release the official cause of her death.

Forgus suffered trauma to her neck and face.

Her body was found in her bedroom.

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