Rapid City police investigating elderly woman’s death as a homicide

February 12, 2021

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) – Rapid City police say the death of an elderly woman is being investigated as a homicide.

Officers were called to a residence Wednesday afternoon and found 82-year-old Reta McGovern with a laceration to her throat.

An autopsy classified the death as a homicide.

Police say McGovern was likely killed Wednesday morning.

Authorities are working to identify a suspect, and are asking for the public’s help in locating any surveillance video that would show a suspect in the area in the hours before or after the homicide.