A 23-year-old woman was found stabbed to death in her Staten Island home Wednesday, police said.
According to authorities, at around 10 p.m. on June 21, officers performed a wellness check at 371 Van Name Avenue in Mariners Harbor, where they found the woman and recovered a knife.
Paramedics pronounced the victim — whose identity is being withheld by police pending family notification — dead at the scene.
There are no arrests at this time and the investigation remains ongoing.
The Staten Island Advance reported that the woman’s body was discovered in the bedroom of the home and that her injuries included stab wounds to the back.
Year-to-date, murder is up more than 150% in Staten Island’s 120th Precinct, where the fatal stabbing occurred, according to Police Department data. Earlier this month, outgoing Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell pledged to bring an additional 40 officers to the reportedly understaffed precinct, to address a rise of crime in the area, and the borough at large.
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