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Death of woman found covered in blood in Owls Head under investigation

Police say a relative stopped by to check on 83-year-old Helen Carver when they discovered her dead.
Credit: Village Soup
Police tape is stretched across the front of 20 South Shore Drive in Owls Head.

OWLS HEAD, Maine — Authorities are trying to determine what happened after an 83-year-old woman in Owls Head who was found dead, covered in blood at her home Thursday afternoon. 

The Knox County Sheriff's Office was called to 20 South Shore Drive around 1:30 p.m. after a relative stopped by Carver's home to check on her and found her dead. 

Authorities say Carver lived alone. An autopsy for Carver began Friday morning at the State Medical Examiner's Office in Augusta. 

Knox Deputies and State Police continue to investigate the circumstances of Carver's death. 

The Village Soup reports Carver and her husband, Robert, owned and ran Carver's Market in Thomaston from 12 years starting in 1977 when the business was sold. Robert died in 2012.

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