Death of Bronx woman found with bag over head ruled a homicide

The location on Exterior Street near where police discovered Jazmine Williams back on July 1, 2021
The location on Exterior Street near where police discovered Jazmine Williams back on July 1, 2021 Photo credit Google Street View

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The unsolved death of a Bronx woman who was found with a bag tied around her head has been officially deemed a homicide, police said Saturday.

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Jazmine Williams, 32, was discovered unconscious and unresponsive with the bag over her head back on July 1. Police found her around 7:30 a.m. that Thursday at 355 Exterior Street in Mott Haven — an industrial sight near the Harlem River.

Williams, of Morrisania, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police believe Williams’s death was due to domestic violence, sources told the New York Post.

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