VAN WERT, OH (WLIO) - The Van Wert Police Department is investigating the murder of a woman they found dead in an apartment on Labor Day.
According to police officials, 43-year-old Barbara Ganger died from a single gunshot wound and an autopsy then ruled the death a homicide. Van Wert officers were called out to do a welfare check at the Van Wert West Apartments just before 10 o'clock Monday night and Ganger's body was found inside. No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing.
