Alzak was found dead sitting in her living room chair by firefighters responding to a fire at her Phillips Avenue house.
07/12/11- (Staff Photo by Dave Roback) Springfield police and fire enter 100 Phillips Ave. in Springfield after Doris Alzak, 81, was found dead inside her burning home.SPRINGFIELD – Hampden District Attorney Mark G. Mastroianni announced Thursday the death of Springfield resident Doris Alzak is being investigated as a homicide.
Alzak, 81, died Tuesday in her 100 Phillips Ave. home. She was found dead sitting in her living room chair by firefighters responding to a fire at her house.
Mastroianni said based on findings so far at the scene, as well as preliminary autopsy reports, the death has been deemed a homicide.
Mastroianni would not release the cause of death. He said that would not be released until further along in the investigation. He would not say if she could have known the person responsible for her death.
He had no further information to release.
Hampden County DA Mark Mastroianni press release on death of Doris Alzak