Posted on Mon, Jul. 13, 2009
Investigators are awaiting the cause of death of a person who was found unresponsive after a voodoo cleansing ritual in Camden County.
Jason Laughlin, spokesman for the Camden County Prosector's Office said the death of Lucille Hamilton, 21, of Little Rock, Ark., a biological male who lived as a transgender woman, did not appear to be suspicious and no charges have been filed.
A cause of death may not be available for several weeks until toxicology tests are completed.
Someone in a townhouse in Sicklerville, Gloucester Township, called 911 about 11 p.m. Saturday to report that Hamilton was unresponsive.
Laughlin said Hamilton had taken part in a voodoo cleaning ritual, details of which were not available, and that seven other people were in the townhouse.
Hamilton was pronounced dead at the scene.
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