A woman was killed Saturday in a home in the Accokeek area of the County just outside of D.C. Police said that at approximately 9:40 a.m., officers went to a home in the 800 block of St. James Court for a welfare check.

Inside, they found a woman suffering from trauma. Police said the woman, whom they did not identify, was declared dead at the scene, and they are investigating her death as a homicide.