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Olivia Benito, 66, had stopped by a neighbor's house for
drinks after they left a benefit event at an Elks Club in
Lakewood, New Jersey, Al Della Fave, spokesman for the Ocean
County prosecutor's office, said in a news release.
The neighbor told police that Benito had some alcoholic
beverages during the course of the evening, Della Fave said. She
left the neighbor's townhouse at about midnight to walk to her
home two doors away, he said.
The neighbor said she discovered Benito face down in snow when
she went out to clear her car of snow at about 7 a.m. on Sunday,
Della Fave said. She was pronounced dead at the scene by
ambulance personnel, he said.
Police found no outward signs of trauma or foul play but the
death remains under investigation, Della Fave said.
The temperature at 7 a.m. on Sunday in the Lakewood area was 10
degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
(Reporting by Kevin Murphy in Kansas City; Editing by Fiona
Ortiz and Eric Walsh)
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