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A 59 year-old woman with head trauma found dead in Bay Ridge home, NYPD says

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Catalina Gonella

Published Sep 15, 2026

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Published Sep 15, 2026

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Police say a 59-year-old woman was found dead in a Bay Ridge home Monday morning.

Officers responded to a call around 9:30 a.m. and found the woman inside an apartment at 79th St., unconscious and unresponsive, according to the NYPD. Police said the woman had suffered head trauma.

EMS responded to the incident, and pronounced the woman dead on the scene, according to the NYPD. The woman’s identity has not yet been made public as police work to notify her family.

Police could not confirm whether criminality was suspected Tuesday morning, pending results from the city’s medical examiner. The NYPD said an investigation into the incident is ongoing.

This is a developing story and may be updated.

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