By Mark Woolsey

UPDATE: Smyrna police have identified a woman whose body was found inside a burning apartment early Wednesday.

Police say they are treating the death of 32-year-old Mary Olivia Matthews as a homicide.

Firefighters rolled to an apartment complex at 810 Windy Hill Road SE at about 4:15 a.m. Smyrna crews quickly tapped the blaze out, with damage confined to just one apartment.

 A suspect is still being sought. There’s no word on how the victim died. Police are asking nearby residents and businesses to check their security cameras for suspicious activity at around that time. Anyone with information about this incident, the victim, or the suspect is asked to contact Detective Wachowiak @nwachowiak@smyrna.ga.gov

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Smyrna authorities are investigating an early-morning apartment fire and the discovery of a body at the scene.

Smyrna fire spokesman Lt. Evan McBrayer told the Courier fire crews were called to the Bella 810 apartment complex at 790 Windy Hill Road SE around 4:15 a.m.

“As they commenced with fire extinguishment operations, they did find a deceased adult,” says McBrayer.

With some suspicion of criminal activity having developed, fire crews backed away after the blaze was out. and Smyrna Police plus the fire marshal’s office came into investigate. The case has been turned over to law enforcement, McBrayer said. There was no word on the identity of the deceased or on the cause of the fire, said McBrayer.