Woman killed in Tijuana home invasion

By UNION-TRIBUNE
Monday, November 23, 2009 at 6:12 p.m.

TIJUANA – A 54-year-old Finnish citizen was killed late Sunday in the Playas de Tijuana section of the city in what appears to be a home invasion robbery, the Baja California Attorney General’s Office reported.

Kaija Helena Kauppinen Conway was found dead on the second floor of the residence after the attack, with signs on her body indicating she had been beaten, the report said.

The woman’s companion, a U.S. citizen, told investigators that he and the victim were home when two assailants dressed in black and wearing hoods broke into the residence, according to a police source who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to give information to the media. The robbers bound the man’s feet and hands with adhesive tape and demanded to know where the money was located, the source said.

Once the robbers had gone and he was able to free himself, the man said he found Conway dead in the other room, where she had been bound.

At the house, investigators found an identification card indicating Conway was also a legal permanent U.S. resident.

The man is not considered a suspect and is cooperating with authorities.

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