Overview
- The 48-year-old woman was found unconscious in a first-floor hallway on Hancock Street near Cypress Avenue in Ridgewood around 10:30 p.m.
- Her 49-year-old fiancé told police he last spoke with her around 7 p.m. and placed the 911 call after finding her.
- Investigators estimate she had been dead for about 12 hours based on observed decomposition, according to sources.
- No visible signs of trauma were noted at the scene, police sources said.
- The city medical examiner will determine the official cause and time of death as the case is treated as a suspicious death.