2 brothers found dead in apparent murder-suicide in Manhattan

Tuesday, October 8, 2019
UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide involving two brothers in Manhattan.

Their bodies were discovered inside a 15th-floor apartment in the Fredrick Douglass Houses on 104th Street on the Upper West Side.
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One of the victims' daughters requested a wellness check because she had not heard from her father in several days.

When officers arrived around 7:30 p.m. Monday, they found the men unresponsive.

Inside, investigators found a 65-year-old man with stab wounds to his head and hands, and a 60-year-old man who appeared to have hanged himself.

However, an investigation into their causes of death is still ongoing.
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EMS technicians pronounced both men dead at the scene.



So far, police have not named the victims.

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