By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

London police are wasting no time in their investigation into the death of Amy Winehouse.

The controversial singer was found dead in her apartment Saturday afternoon, and Breaking Celebrity News has learned that her autopsy could take place within 24 hours.

"The postmortem has not been scheduled yet but it is unlikely to take place before tomorrow," a Scotland Yard spokesman tells Breaking Celebrity News exclusively.  "In the case of a murder it can be done within hours but this is not the case so tomorrow or even Monday is more likely in these circumstances."

In an earlier statement to Breaking Celebrity News, the authorities said:

"Police were called by London Ambulance Service to an address in Camden Square NW1 shortly before 16.05hrs today, Saturday 23 July, following reports of a woman found deceased. On arrival officers found the body of a 27-year-old female who was pronounced dead at the scene. Enquiries continue into the circumstances of the death. At this early stage it is being treated as unexplained."

In the last several years, Winehouse was better known for her failed battles against her addictions, but it wasn't always that way.

A decade ago, she worked as a show business reporter for World Entertainment News Network in London, and a colleague from the time