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Shooting of 75-year-old Sydney woman baffles police









‘We are, frankly, at a loss as to why someone would want to target her,’ detective says after Helen Dawson Key found dead at door of Toongabbie home














Police say the victim had no known links with crime or known enemies. Photograph: Melanie Foster/AAP



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Thursday 27 November 2014 17.20 EST







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Police are baffled by the shooting of a 75-year-old woman in western Sydney.
Helen Dawson Key’s body was found on the morning of 20 November inside the front door of her Toongabbie home. It is believed she was shot before 6pm the previous day but police have no clue why.
“We are, frankly, at a loss as to why someone would want to target her,” Detective Superintendent Michael Willing said. “Mrs Dawson Key had no known links with crime, no known enemies, and by all accounts was a well-liked and highly regarded member of the local community.
“She had lived at this address for more than 30 years and had strong links with her neighbours and a local bowling club.”
Willing said the home’s front door was open but the screen door was shut, suggesting the victim might have answered a knock at the door.
“What we’re asking is for anyone who was in the area around the time of Mrs Dawson Key’s death, or has information about her movements that day, to come forward,” he said.



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