NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Nearly six months after a woman was found dead in a burning Long Island City public housing apartment with slash wounds to her body, officials on Friday said that her death was a homicide.
Lavina Nolley, 49, was discovered by officers inside a second-floor apartment on 12th Street near 41st Avenue in NYCHA's QueensBridge North Houses on the night of Dec. 9 once firefighters extinguished the flames.
Nolley had suffered serious burns and multiple lacerations and was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital-Queens, where she was pronounced dead.
Initially, reports said detectives were investigating whether the wounds were self-inflicted with the fire then set by Nolley.
But now, authorities say Nolley, who also suffered from smoke inhalation, was slashed by a person or persons who then intentionally set the blaze.
No arrests have been made and there is no description at this time.
The investigation remains ongoing.
