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Woman in 70s killed on Valley farm
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Authorities were investigating the shooting death of a woman in her late 70s Sunday on a dairy farm outside of Buckeye.
The woman was killed on the farm that has been in her family for more than 30 years, said Deputy spokeswoman Lindsey Smith of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. The slaying took place about 1 p.m. and 15 to 20 farm workers were in the area at the time, she said.
The woman, Path Van Leeuwen, was found in the home on the dairy farm on South Airport Road where she lives with her son, Smith said. She said the woman’s son called 911.
The farm workers were outside of the home at the time of the shooting, Smith said.
Homicide detectives were at the dairy farm all day Sunday investigating and interviewing the workers, Smith said. Police have yet to identify a suspect in the shooting, she said.
“It doesn’t appear that it was self-inflicted,” Smith said. “It’s clearly a homicide
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