Police identify woman found dead inside Commonwealth Avenue home

Neighbors called police reporting foul odor from home

Phyllis Vines

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Three days after officers found 53-year-old Phyllis Vines dead in a home on Commonwealth Avenue, police released her name, but they still don't know how she died, or if it was a crime. 

After neighbors called 911 early Thursday morning about a foul odor coming from a home on Commonwealth near the intersection of Canal Street. Homicide detectives said it appeared she had been dead for several days.

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As of Sunday evening, her death is still classified as an undetermined death and remains under investigating.

Anyone with information regarding the Vines' death is asked to call JSO at -904-630-0500.