Crime & Safety

Elderly Brooklyn Woman Fatally Stabbed, Relative Suspected: Cops

Hyacinth Khaleel, 75, was stabbed to death inside her Kings Highway home and police are looking for a family member suspect.

FLATLANDS, BROOKLYN -- Police are looking for an elderly woman's relative after they found her stabbed to death in her Brooklyn home.

NYPD officers found Hyacinth Khaleel, 75, with stab wounds on her arms and legs inside her third floor apartment on Kings Highway and Overbaugh Place at about 12:25 p.m. Monday, said police.

Khaleel had been in the apartment for several days before she was found, according to police.

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Investigators are now hunting for a family member they believe may be responsible, police said.


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