{"id":87634,"date":"2025-07-24T03:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T03:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/87634\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T03:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T03:36:13","slug":"woman-21-found-with-torture-wounds-in-nyc-stairwell-cops-seek-boyfriend-in-her-murder-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/87634\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman, 21, found with torture wounds in NYC stairwell &#8212; cops seek boyfriend in her murder: sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A young woman was found covered in various torture wounds inside the stairwell of a Bronx apartment building and later died in the hospital \u2014 and now cops are seeking her at-large boyfriend for questioning, according to cops and sources.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old woman was found with head-to-toe stab wounds, puncture wounds, razor marks, large lacerations, and other injuries indicating she was tied up and possibly beaten with a hammer, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p>The butchered victim was found by cops on the staircase of a Fordham Heights apartment building just before 3 p.m. Tuesday. She was rushed by EMS to BronxCare Health System, where she was pronounced dead, the NYPD said.<\/p>\n<p>The woman was found on the stairs of the Bronx apartment building and had wounds from head to toe, according to cops and sources. Kyle Mazza\/NurPhoto\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old\u2019s supposed boyfriend was seen on cameras exiting the Bronx building, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p>He is still at large and currently being sought by police as a person of interest.<\/p>\n<p>Cops currently have a 54-year-old woman believed to be his mother in custody after encountering her at the scene. <\/p>\n<p>Officers originally interviewed the mom as a witness who found the bloodied woman, but spotted a trail of blood leading to a room in her apartment \u2014 raising suspicion that she could somehow be involved in the grisly crime, sources said. <\/p>\n<p>The supposed boyfriend of the 21-year-old victim is being sought by police as a person of interest. Kyle Mazza\/NurPhoto\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>The boyfriend who is seen as the current person of interest is still at large, police said. Kyle Mazza\/NurPhoto\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>The woman was found to have a garbage bag with blood-soaked clothes inside and quickly became uncooperative with investigators, according to the sources. <\/p>\n<p>She was seen attempting to dispose of the bag, sources said, which could garner evidence tampering-related charges.<\/p>\n<p>Police are seeking a search warrant for the apartment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A young woman was found covered in various torture wounds inside the stairwell of a Bronx apartment building&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":87635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,4219,5248,27813,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,5305,39788,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-87634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-metro","11":"tag-murders","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-the-bronx","19":"tag-torture","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-us-news","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114906122392087836","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}