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Murder on Degraw

Murder on Degraw
The Brooklyn Paper / Gregory P. Mango

Murdered!

A woman’s mutilated body was discovered outside a Degraw Street apartment building on Feb. 27, the first murder this year in the 76th Precinct.

The 24-year-old woman’s body, with multiple stab wounds to her torso, was discovered on the sidewalk between Columbia and Van Brunt streets at 6:36 am. Emergency responders said the victim, who lived in Coney Island, was dead on arrival.

Police have not made an arrest.

Gun goodbye

A gunman robbed a man flush with cash near the corner of Court and West Ninth streets on Feb. 25.

The victim, 44, said a man with a pistol demanded his wallet, containing $2,300, at midnight. The highwayman fled in a black sedan.

— Mike McLaughlin

The Brooklyn Paper / Gregory P. Mango