Watertown police held a news conference this afternoon to update their investigation into the death of a 19 year-old woman early this morning.
Detective Sergeant Chad Stahl says dispatch was called just after 3:30 on a report of a 19 year-old woman at a home in southwest Watertown who was unresponsive, and had no pulse
Stahl is not releasing the name of the woman, but did say she was a student at Lake Area Technical Institute, and was not originally from Watertown.
He says the woman was in the home with a small group that Stahl described as, “two to three “acquaintances,” none of which were of legal drinking age. Stahl says their next step is to figure out where and how they got the alcohol….
Stahl says the woman did not live at the home where her body was found. Stahl would not release the woman’s blood-alcohol content. He says police have not made any arrests.
The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation is assisting Watertown police with the investigation.
(KWAT)