Police ID woman found dead in Kensington building

Police on Tuesday identified a woman found dead in a Kensington building over the weekend as Paula McCafferty, 30, of Port Richmond.

Officers who were on the 2900 block of Rosehill Street making a narcotics arrest about 2:20 p.m. Saturday were informed that an unresponsive woman was inside a building on the block.

They found the woman on the dining-room floor of a residence. Medics who responded to the scene pronounced McCafferty, of the 3000 block of Mercer Street, dead moments later at the scene.

Police said the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the victim's head and stab wounds to her body. No arrest has been made and the investigation is ongoing.

- Julie Shaw