Newsman: A woman was found dead inside a NYCHA complex on East 147th Street in the Mott Haven,in the Bronx. She had her throat slashed and had been stabbed in the chest, according to police.
Responding officers found 37-year-old Bjana James unconscious and unresponsive inside an apartment at the New York City Housing Authority’s Betances Houses on East 147th Street in the Mott Haven section around 2:45 a.m. Saturday.
“EMS then responded to the location and pronounced her dead at the scene”Police said.
Police said she was found on a sofa with her throat slashed and a knife in her chest.
There are no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing.
James’ family said she was a mother of two young children, a son Junior, 12, and 8-year-old daughter, Maya.
