Vermont State Police vehicle with "State Trooper" text and emblem on the side, displaying a blue light on the mirror.
A Vermont State Police cruiser seen in Burlington on Thursday, January 23, 2025. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger

Updated at 5:32 p.m.

Vermont State Police said they are no longer investigating an untimely death in Brandon as suspicious. 

Police said late Monday afternoon following an autopsy at the Vermont Chief’s Examiner’s Office in Burlington that the cause and manner of the 53-year-old woman’s death remains pending but that “her death does not appear to be suspicious at this time.”

Earlier Monday before the autopsy, state police issued a press release terming the woman’s death “suspicious.” 

Police did not provide any more information about what prompted their change. 

“There will be no further updates regarding this investigation,” Detective Lt. Tyson Kinney of the Vermont State Police wrote in an emailed press release Monday afternoon following the autopsy. 

The investigation began after police said they received a call at around 8:15 p.m. Sunday from a Carver Street resident, who said a person at the house had died. “First responders arrived and confirmed the individual was deceased,” the earlier police press release stated.

VTDigger's criminal justice reporter.