40-year-old Brooklyn woman found dead in apartment ruled homicide: NYPD

Three teens have been arrested for what police believe to be a weekend robbery spree.

The death of a 40-year-old woman found unresponsive inside a Brooklyn apartment earlier this month has been ruled a homicide, police said.

What we know:

Police identified the victim as Erika Miranda Tlacuatl, 40, of Brooklyn.

Officers responded around 3:42 a.m. Aug. 1 to a 911 call for help at an apartment on 64th Street in the Borough Park area.

They found Tlacuatl unconscious and unresponsive inside the apartment, police said. EMS pronounced her dead at the scene.

What's next:

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has ruled Tlacuatl’s death a homicide, police said Thursday.

The investigation remains ongoing.

The Source: This article was written using information from the New York Police Department.

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