Authorities investigating death of woman in custody at Brookline police station

State troopers assigned to the Norfolk District Attorney s Office are assessing the death of an individual in custody at the Brookline police station on Saturday executives explained The -year-old woman whose name has not been distributed was ascertained breathing but unresponsive at about p m Officers tried to resuscitate the woman before she was taken to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead just before p m There were no obvious signs of trauma to her body which was taken by the Office of the Chief Medicinal Examiner for an autopsy to determine cause and manner of death The situation remains under assessment