SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (ABC4) — Authorities are investigating after a woman was found severely beaten in her basement Thursday afternoon in Holladay.
Sgt. Melody Cutler, spokesperson for the Unified Police Department, said a neighbor found the woman inside the home on the 6200 block of South Meadowcrest Road.
It’s yet unclear what happened in the home, or what prompted the neighbor to check the basement. There were no signs of forced entry.
According to Cutler, the woman who found the victim was just “being a good neighbor.”
As of Thursday evening, the victim remains unconscious and in critical condition.
No arrests have been made, and police are still working to identify a suspect.
Holladay is a city roughly 10 miles south of Salt Lake City.
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