SANTA ANA – A man called police early Monday, Sept. 18, to report that a woman was possibly hurt inside an apartment, but when officers got to the scene they saw her through a window on the floor, forced their way in and found her dead, police said.

The woman was in her late 50s, though details about the cause of death were not yet available, said Santa Ana Cpl. Anthony Bertagna. A man in his late 30s was detained for questioning following the 3:30 a.m. call at the apartment in the 200 block of South Birch Street.

“Officers saw the female on the floor, and they forced their way in,” Bertagna said.

A second man – the one who made the call about the woman being hurt – was also detained as a person of interest, Bertagna said.

Around 2 p.m., a hazardous-materials team arrived at the apartment to inspect chemicals that looked similar to those in a drug lab, Bertagna said. The hazmat team finished its work shortly before 4 p.m., and investigators then began canvassing the scene.