A Monmouth woman is dead following an apparent suicide that took place this Friday.
Authorities responded to an apartment building at 1045 North Henderson Street at 11:02 a.m. today to reports of a citizen found down behind the building.
Police have confirmed that the deceased is 26-year-old Kimberly R. McKay-Watters of both Galesburg and Monmouth. According to reports, Mckay-Watters was a resident of the building.
Galesburg Police Chief David Christensen says he believes she had been lying on the ground between the building and a parked car for sometime, before witnesses spotted and reported the incident.
Police have indicated the cause of death was due to a self inflicted gun shot, however, they have confirmed that reports of shots fired were never received.
