A LOS ANGELES woman committed suicide using a chainsaw in her townhouse, authorities said today.

Lieutenant Fred Corral of the LA County Coroner's Office identified the woman as 47-year-old Valerie Nash.

She was found with a chainsaw wound to her neck and pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, according to Corral.

Nash's body was discovered by her sister about 12:40am local time Thursday, police said.

The siblings shared a home in the Palms area of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times reported.