{"id":100633,"date":"2026-01-14T23:26:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/100633\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T23:26:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:26:33","slug":"85-year-old-bed-stuy-woman-fatally-stabbed-in-suspected-domestic-violence-incident-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/100633\/","title":{"rendered":"85-year-old Bed-Stuy woman fatally stabbed in suspected domestic violence incident \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/brooklyn-stabbing-lloyd-mitchell-01142026-2.webp.jpeg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"cops outside scene of bed-stuy murder\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Police are investigating the fatal stabbing of an 85-year-old Bed-Stuy woman. <\/p>\n<p>Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n<p>Detectives are questioning a male relative of an 85-year-old woman who was found stabbed to death inside her Bed-Stuy home late Tuesday night.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to police sources, officers from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd79pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">79th Precinct<\/a> were called to 638 Throop Ave. minutes before 10 p.m. on Jan. 13.<\/p>\n<p>Cops say the victim\u2019s daughter made the grim discovery, finding her mother \u2014 85-year-old Julia Boomer \u2014 with multiple stab wounds throughout her body.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>Boomer was rushed to Kings Country Hospital in critical condition; she ultimately died there a short time later.\n<\/p>\n<p>While the exact motive for the brutal slaying is not yet clear, police say they believe the killing to be a domestic dispute.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-236539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/brooklyn-stabbing-lloyd-mitchell-01142026-3.webp.jpeg\" alt=\"bed-stuy stabbing scene\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\"  \/>Cops are questioning a male family member in connection with the murder.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell\n<\/p>\n<p>The male family member, who has yet to be identified, has been taken into custody for questioning. Charges are pending the results of the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p>A large police presence remained on the scene on Wednesday morning as investigators continued to probe the incident.\n<\/p>\n<p>It was the first reported homicide in the 79th Precinct this year;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/assets\/nypd\/downloads\/pdf\/crime_statistics\/cs-en-us-079pct.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the command had eight murders in 2025<\/a>, according to the NYPD. Domestic violence and homicide has been a persistent issue across New York City. From 2010 to 2022, there were 793 domestic violence homicides in the city, accounting for 16.7% of all homicides, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/ocdv\/press-resources\/fatality-review-committee.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">2023 report<\/a>, those numbers include both intimate partner violence and violence between family members.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last year, cops shot and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynpaper.com\/police-shoot-kill-man-canarsie-domestic-dispute\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">killed a man<\/a> who was allegedly involved in a domestic violence incident in Canarsie. Just a few months earlier, a different Canarsie man was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynpaper.com\/canarsie-man-indicted-wife-fatal-stabbing-da\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">indicted<\/a> after he allegedly stabbed and killed his wife in what prosecutors described as a \u201cjealous rage.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This story first appeared on Brooklyn Paper\u2019s sister site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/news\/brooklyn-woman-stabbed-murder-01142026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">amNewYork<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are investigating the fatal stabbing of an 85-year-old Bed-Stuy woman. 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