NY - Sharon Whigham, 51, found with throat cut on Brooklyn bench, 19 May 2016

A 51-year-old woman was found dead on a Brooklyn bench with her throat slashed Thursday morning, police said.

Police responded to a call of a past assault on Ninth and Henry streets in Red Hook at about 4:30 a.m. and found the body of Sharon Whigham of Brooklyn...

There was no knife found at the scene, law enforcement sources told NBC 4 New York.

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A long-time friend said Whigham lived in the neighborhood with her grandkids, and did what she could to get by.

“She’s struggling like anyone else,” said Darryl Curry, 50. “She used to do the nursing stuff and she used to do scrapping to make ends meet.”

“Nobody deserves to die like that; that’s tragic,” he added. “I want to know who did it and why.”

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The investigation into the grisly murder of a 51-year-old Brooklyn woman found dead on a bench with her throat slit remained unsolved Saturday as cops released a man initially suspected of killing her, officials said...

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