A HINTON WOMAN HAS DIED INSIDE OF A FIRE-DAMAGED HOTEL ROOM IN SIOUX CITY THURSDAY NIGHT.
EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WERE SENT TO THE WYNGATE HOTEL AT 4716 SOUTHERN HILLS DRIVE JUST BEFORE 9:30 FOR A REPORT OF SMOKE COMING FROM A HOTEL ROOM.
POLICE OFFICERS FOUND THE UNCONSCIOUS VICTIM IN THE SMOKE FILLED ROOM ALONG WITH FIRE DAMAGED ITEMS.
RESPONDERS WERE UNABLE TO REVIVE 40-YEAR-OLD ELIZABETH BOCKHOLT, WHO WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
AN AUTOPSY WILL BE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF BOCKHOLT’S DEATH.
THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
Updated 9:15am 1/25/19