Susan Haynie, 74, was found dead Aug. 27 inside her home in the 3300 block of East Gum Street, according to the Vanderburgh County Coroner's Office.

EVANSVILLE — After initially stating the Aug. 27 death of a prominent Evansville woman in her East Side home was "suspicious," Evansville police officials said Tuesday morning it was being investigated as a homicide and that a "person of interest" was in custody.

The Vanderburgh County Coroner's Office identified the woman as 74-year-old Susan Haynie , a longtime real estate agent and close friend of well-known realtor Carol McLintock and her husband, former Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke.

The one-paragraph release states that Haynie was found dead inside her home in the 3300 block of East Gum Street Aug. 27 and that the results of an au

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