A woman was found dead in a Bronx apartment on Monday, with officers finding her with a rubber band around her neck, police said.
Police made the grim discovery at around 8:15 a.m. in the Melrose section following a 911 call. The responding officers found the woman, identified as 35-year-old Belkis Lopez, unconscious and unresponsive in her bedroom, with the rubber band around her neck.
Lopez was pronounced dead at the scene. A cause of death has not yet been determined, and an investigation is ongoing.
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