Three months to the day after the death of a New Iberia woman by strangulation, law enforcement officials are still trying to determine the manner of her death.

Judy Landry, 61, was found unresponsive in her Robert Street home by her husband, Edmond, around noon July 1. She was pronounced dead at 1:40 p.m.

Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal, who was on the scene of the death shortly after being inaugurated, said at the time that in keeping with standard procedure, it was processed as a crime scene.

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Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Wendell Raborn said Tuesday the investigation into Landry’s death is still active, but declined to offer any other specific information.

“The case, at this time, is still open,” Raborn said.

Iberia Parish Coroner Dr. James Falterman ruled the cause of Landry’s death as strangulation July 3 following an autopsy. Falterman said that if a cause of a person’s death is ruled strangulation, the manner of death could be ruled as accidental, suicide or homicide.

He described this as a “difficult case.”

“Some investigations take longer than others because of difficult circumstances,” Falterman said Tues-day.

“I’m waiting for law enforcement to give me more information on their investigation.”