{"id":327663,"date":"2026-08-23T03:38:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T03:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/327663\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T03:38:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T03:38:40","slug":"woman-found-dead-bronx-apartment-building-friday-authorities-investigating-possible-homicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/327663\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman found dead Bronx apartment building Friday authorities investigating possible homicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A woman was found dead in a Bronx apartment on Friday afternoon \u2014 and authorities are eyeing her mentally ill son as a possible homicide suspect, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p>Josefa Guzman-DeCarmen, 57, was found unconscious by first responders inside her apartment at 1236 Grand Concourse with trauma to her head and torso.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.1505618;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40469230\" width=\"679\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-22-at-85827-PM.jpg\" alt=\"A female lying on the steps of 1236 Grand Concourse in front of a brick building.\" class=\"wp-image-40469230\"\/>An unconscious female was found inside 1236 Grand Concourse. (google maps) google maps<\/p>\n<p>Her death is being investigated as a homicide.<\/p>\n<p>Sources told The Post that Guzman-DeCarmen\u2019s mentally disturbed 33-year-old son is considered a person of interest in the investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.44837341;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40469236\" width=\"855\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/072926nypd1CS.jpg\" alt=\"A white NYPD police van with blue stripes, emergency lights, and &quot;NYPD&quot; written on the side, driving on a street.\" class=\"wp-image-40469236\"\/>A general view of an NYPD van is seen in the Bronx, NY on July 29, 2026. (Christopher Sadowski for NY Post) Christopher Sadowski for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>She was declared dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman was found dead in a Bronx apartment on Friday afternoon \u2014 and authorities are eyeing her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,1027,2441,57,238,9,24,63,129,131,130,58],"class_list":["post-327663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-homicide","tag-mental-illness","tag-metro","tag-murders","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}