BED-STUY, Brooklyn (PIX11) – A woman found her 85-year-old mother stabbed to death inside her own Brooklyn home on Tuesday, sources told PIX11 News.
Sources said the daughter of 85-year-old Julia Boomer called 911 around 10 p.m. after finding her mother gravely injured in the Throop Avenue home. Boomer was found with stab wounds all over her body, according to authorities.
Police said the victim was rushed to a local hospital, where she died.
A person of interest was taken into custody, but no charges have been filed, according to sources.
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