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Edmonton Northeast Death Treated As Suspicious, Woman In Custody

Suspicious Death In Northeast Edmonton
EDMONTON, CANADA - OCTOBER 21: A sheriff's car speeds through the downtown streets on its way to a hostage situation at the Workers' Compensation Board building on October 21, 2009 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The armed man who may be holding two hostages and have had up to 11 earlier in the day is a disgruntled workers' compensation claimant. (Photo by Dylan Lynch/Getty Images)
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EDMONTON, CANADA - OCTOBER 21: A sheriff's car speeds through the downtown streets on its way to a hostage situation at the Workers' Compensation Board building on October 21, 2009 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The armed man who may be holding two hostages and have had up to 11 earlier in the day is a disgruntled workers' compensation claimant. (Photo by Dylan Lynch/Getty Images)

An Edmonton woman has been taken into custody after the suspicious death of a 56-year-old man.

Paramedics responded to a medical distress call at a home near 84 Street and 160 Avenue around 10 p.m. Sunday, where they found a man in cardiac arrest.

He was transported to hospital and died around 2:50 a.m., police said in a news release.

A woman who lives in the Belle Rive home was taken into custody.

Police are treating the death as suspicious.

An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday.

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