Woman, 58, Fatally Stabbed in Coney Island Home

Authorities are investigating the death of a 58-year-old woman found fatally stabbed in her Brooklyn home, police said Sunday.

Police responding to an emergency call around 9:30 p.m. Saturday found the woman inside a basement apartment on West 37th Street in Coney Island, police said. She had a stab wound to her chest and a cut to her head and was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say the death is a homicide.

The NYPD identified the victim as Victoria Hammond.

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