Homicide in Attala county 10-05-2010

THE DEATH OF AN 84-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN KOSCIUSKO IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION BY STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES WHO CONSIDER HER DEATH A HOMICIDE. ATTALA COUNTY CORONER SAM BELL SAYS CORA MAE ROBINSON WAS FOUND INSIDE HER HOME IN THE 400 BLOCK OF PEACHTREE STREET IN KOSCIUSKO. THE MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS AND KOSCIUSKO POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE CONDUCTING THE PROBE INTO HER MURDER. BELL SAYS INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE IT IS A CASE OF BREAKING AND ENTERING. THE CORONER, WHO PRONOUNCED HER DEATH AROUND 3:30 SUNDAY AFTERNOON, WOULD NOT SAY HOW ROBINSON WAS KILLED, BUT DID SAY THAT SHE LIVED ALONE. NO OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION IS BEING RELEASED AT THIS TIME. ROBINSON'S BODY HAS BEEN SENT TO THE STATE CRIME LAB FOR AN AUTOPSY. IN THE MEANTIME ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE CRIME IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE ATTALA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.