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MILWAUKEE ( WDJT ) -- Nearly a dozen squad cars and forensics vehicles surrounded a south side home for most of the afternoon Sunday, Oct.12. Milwaukee police said they were investigating the death a 64-year-old who had been beaten to death with a stone.

A pair of women at the scene told reporters at the scene the victim was a lifelong friend of theirs. They identified the victim as Carrie Zettel, who had lived for decades at a home near the intersection of S. 23rd St. and W. Ramsey Ave.

Susan Henderson-Hoffman and her daughter, Loretta Moyer, said they lived around the corner from Zettel. Henderson-Hoffman said Zettel was a childhood friend, and they remained close into their 60s. Moyer said she considered Zettel to be a second mother.

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