43-Year-Old Woman Found Stabbed to Death in St. Marks Ave. Apartment

Update: Feb. 6, 11:04 p.m.: The victim has been identified as Colleen Mosley. According to the police, cops are talking to a suspect but so far no arrests have been made. 

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A 43-year-old woman was found dead with stab wounds on her head and body in her Crown Heights apartment just after 11 a.m. Monday morning, police said.

This afternoon the building, 487 St. Marks Ave. between Classon and Franklin avenues, was blocked off by police tape and detectives were canvassing nearby apartments for witnesses. Neighbors gathered outside.

“It’s upsetting. You come outside and you see a bunch of cops and find out somebody’s passed away,” said a neighbor who declined to give his name.

Down the block at 515 St. Marks Ave., another police officer stood guard. The janitor at 515, who gave only his first name, John, said at about 8 a.m. he found blood on the doorknob and inside when he came to take out the garbage.

“When I got here somebody said look at this blood … there were blood drops going up to the second floor,” he said.

Cops at the 77th Precinct said the death has been ruled a homicide. Police are withholding the woman’s name pending family notification.

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