NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A person of interest was in custody Tuesday after a woman was found with head trauma at a home in Queens on Monday night and died at a hospital.
The victim, identified as 24-year-old Tania Morales, was found unconscious around 8:30 p.m. as police responded to an assault at her home at Park Drive East and Jewel Avenue in Kew Gardens Hills.
In addition to the head trauma, police said she had a laceration to her wrist.
She was rushed in critical condition to New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Police didn’t immediately identify the person of interest in custody or say that person’s relation to the victim.
The NYPD said the investigation is ongoing.
