Crime & Safety

Clarkstown Police Investigate Death of Woman, Injury to Child at New City Home

Woman found dead, child taken to hospital for treatment of lacerations.

UPDATE (6 PM) - The woman found dead today has been identified at 45-year-old Victoria Vovchik.

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Clarkstown Police this afternoon are investigating an incident at a northern New City Home, where a woman has been found dead and a child was found injured.

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Although the immediate area of the 6 Quarry Drive home is blocked off, police said there is no apparent danger to the public.

Sgt. Glenn Cummings said police were alerted to a problem at the home at about 1:09 p.m. An investigation led to the discovery of a dead woman and a girl who was injured. Cummings said the child was taken to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla for treatment of lacerations.

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Clarkstown police are currently investigation the nature of the death and the relationship between the dead woman and the child. Additional information was not yet available.

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