CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn -- A woman was discovered dead at the base of a basement staircase in her Brooklyn home Wednesday, the victim of an apparent domestic homicide.
Officials said the 23-year-old victim was discovered just after 10 a.m. in the basement of her home on Sterling Place in the Crown Heights section.
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She was pronounced dead at the scene, and detectives believe she was thrown down the stairs.
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The case is preliminarily being treated as a domestic incident.
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Her young child was also found in the house.
(Photo/Joe Tesauro)