NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has identified the cause and manner of death in the passing of a 55-year-old Norfolk woman, who was found lying on a sidewalk in Newport News.
On Nov. 26, Newport News Police responded to the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and 45th Street around 3 a.m. for the report of a person lying on the sidewalk. Upon arrival, they found an unresponsive woman, identified as Deanna Marshay Williams, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Woman found dead on sidewalk on Jefferson Ave. in Newport News, man arrested
Following an investigation, Andra Leman Austin, 63, of Newport News was taken into custody and charged with second-degree murder.
According to the medical examiner, the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head, and the manner of death was homicide…