66-year-old woman found dead with stab wounds in Brooklyn apartment
FLATLANDS, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A 66-year-old woman was found dead inside a home in Brooklyn on Tuesday afternoon.
The woman was found unresponsive in the kitchen of her apartment on East 56th St. after 3 p.m.
She was found with multiple stab wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sources say the victim may have been cooking just before her death.
The victim was later identified as Claudette Jones. Neighbors were sad to hear of her death on Wednesday.
"I'm just really surprised, really," neighbor Jayna Simeon said. "She does not deserve, she did not deserve the way she passed away at all."
The violent death has also rattled neighbors, leaving them wondering, who would do this, and why?
"It's very scary. It's very scary because we don't know just somebody walking around here basically, it's very scary," neighbor Shay Thomas said.
Neighbors say they recently heard sounds of trouble through the walls.
"My sister's room was very close to hers and there was constantly screaming," Simeon said. "Recently we've heard... some men respond back to her saying to stop screaming and shut up. Which was weird, unusual."
Neighbors say the victim used to rent homes in the house but there was a fire in November 2022, so everyone moved out. But last winter they came back.
Neighbors also say Jones was a nurse, but suffered some type of injury and had been unable to work.
"Even though she was sick, she would always just smile at us and say hello, and she'd always say, 'God bless you,'" Simeon said.
They say they often saw her walking up and down the block, still mobile and always friendly.
"Even though she was sick, she would always just smile at us and say hello, and she'd always say, 'God bless you,'" Simeon said.
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