Woman, 51, mysteriously found dead with wire wrapped around neck in NYC apartment: cops

A 51-year-old woman was mysteriously found dead with wire wrapped around her neck inside a Brooklyn apartment this week, cops and sources said.

A neighbor made the grisly discovery around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday upon checking on the woman inside the fourth-floor unit on Flatlands Avenue near Elton Street in East New York, police said.

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Her lifeless body was lying face-up on the living room floor, with the wire looped around her throat, authorities said.

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EMS workers responded and pronounced the woman dead on the scene.

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Her identity was not immediately released pending family notification, but sources said she has been arrested 28 times, is wanted for menacing and has a narcotics history.

The circumstances of her death remained under investigation Thursday.

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