Crime & Safety

Woman Found Dead Inside NYC Apartment: NYPD

The medical examiner's office will determine the official cause of death.

NEW YORK CITY — Police are investigating the death of a 50-year-old woman found dead inside her New York City apartment over the weekend.

Officers were called to an apartment at 38 Featherbed Lane in the Bronx on Saturday to perform a wellness check.

Inside the third-floor apartment, police found Susan Longton, 50, unconscious and unresponsive with head and body trauma.

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Longton was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The medical examiner’s office will determine the official cause of death. Police have not deemed the incident a homicide as of Monday evening.

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An investigation remains ongoing.

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