Crime & Safety

Two People Found Dead Inside Williamsburg Apartment, Police Say

The 28-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman were found dead inside a North Eighth Street apartment on Sunday afternoon, police said.

WILLIAMSBURG, NY — A man and a woman were found dead inside a Williamsburg apartment on Sunday afternoon, police said.

Officers found the 28-year-old man and 24-year-old woman lying facedown unconscious in the bedroom of an apartment on North Eighth Street, near Wythe Avenue, at about 1:20 p.m., the NYPD said.

Medical workers pronounced the pair dead at the scene, police said. The NYPD has not released the names of the people yet.

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Sources told the New York Daily News that officer didn't find evidence of a break-in, weapons or trauma to the bodies.

The medical examiner will determine the cause of their death, police said.

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