{"id":2825,"date":"2025-01-27T06:01:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T12:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=2825"},"modified":"2025-01-27T06:02:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T12:02:44","slug":"local-woman-found-deceased-in-her-apartment-friday-death-appears-to-have-been-due-to-natural-causes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/2825-local-woman-found-deceased-in-her-apartment-friday-death-appears-to-have-been-due-to-natural-causes\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Woman Found Deceased in Her Apartment Friday; Death Appears to Have Been Due to Natural Causes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Effingham City Police Department received a call Friday afternoon to check the welfare of an individual at 311 S. 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