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Murdered Woman Lived with Ex-Boyfriend and Had a Boyfriend
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Jen Chung
Published Nov 29, 2005
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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More details emerge about the Upper East Side dancer who was found murdered in her apartment over the weekend. It turns out that the man described as Catherine Woods' boyfriend, David Haughn, was actually her ex-boyfriend, even though he lived with her. Haughn was the one who discovered Woods in their East 86th Street apartment (which he left to get his car to take Woods to her job at a strip club), and told police that her actual boyfriend, a professional dancer, may have been involved. For now, police do not suspect Haughn, who did not have any traces of blood on his clothing (the murder scene was particularly messy). Woods apparently did work at exotic club, Flash Dancers, but under the name "Ava" while telling her parents she was dancing in a off-Broadway show.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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