Gallup Police Department is currently investigating the death of a 37-year-old woman who told police from her hospital bed that she was beaten.

GPD are looking for the boyfriend of the woman who died in the hospital Aug 4.

According to Capt. Rick White, GPD Officers were sent to Gallup Indian Medical Center Aug. 3 at 9:57 pm.

Officers spoke to Lorry Lucero, 37, of, Gallup who told them that she had been beaten up by her boyfriend at Hidden Valley apartments on Patton Drive.

“Officers met with her, got her statement,” White said.

Lucero passed away sometime around 1 am on Aug. 4. Detectives served a search warrant on the apartment later that day.  According to White, some evidence was recovered and will be sent to the crime lab in Santa Fe, NM. He said that he could not release details on what was recovered.

Detectives then attended the autopsy in Albuquerque Aug. 5, but were unable to pinpoint the exact cause of death.

“It’s still under investigation, the cause of death is unknown at this time,” White said.

White also said that they are still looking for Lucero’s boyfriend, but can not release his identity yet because the investigation is ongoing.

“Nobody is in custody, we are still looking for the guy,” he said.

Anybody with information on the crime is asked to contact the GPD Detectives at (505) 863-9365.