By msnbc.com staff
A Los Angeles woman apparently killed herself with a chainsaw in her apartment, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Fire officials said evidence indicates the woman, believed to be in her 40s, may have been dead for a day, the paper reported.
The woman's sister found the body and a suicide note in their apartment Thursday after midnight, KNX 1070 Newsradio reported.
LAPD Officer Norma Eisenman told the Times that the door to the woman's apartment was jammed, but "the sister was able to see her on the bed with a chainsaw next to her."
"At this point, we're investigating it as a suicide," LAPD Sgt. Richard Parks told KNX.
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