COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A woman found stabbed to death over the weekend in Marietta has been identified as a resident at the Morehouse School of Medicine.

Dr. Samantha Woolery died after she was attacked inside her apartment at the Lakeside at Town Center complex on Williams Drive.

Channel 2′s Tyisha Fernandes confirmed that Wooley recently graduated from Western Michigan University and was completing her residency at Morehouse School of Medicine.

Woolery’s co-workers became suspicious after she didn’t show up for work. Police said the door was closed but unlocked when her friends arrived.

Authorities say she knew her attacker, but have not released his name as they work to arrest him.

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