A 33-year-old Canarsie woman found dead inside her NYCHA apartment in January has been officially ruled a homicide victim, with sources saying she was strangled to death. Shanice Friday was discovered unconscious and unresponsive inside her apartment at the Breukelen Houses on Jan. 12, and paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. Nine months and 11 days passed before her death was classified as a homicide.
According to News12 Brooklyn, police were the ones who found Friday unconscious inside her apartment at the Canarsie housing complex on Jan. 12. Paramedics arrived and pronounced her dead at the scene, the outlet reports.
Sources close to the investigation told the station that Friday was strangled to death, though that detail has not been independently confirmed through official channels. The station's report notes that the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner has now ruled her death a homicide, a determination that arrived nine months and 11 days after she was found.
Investigation Still Light on Details
As of publication, information about any suspects was not immediately available, per the same account.
The monthslong gap between Friday's death in January and this week's homicide ruling leaves many basic questions about the case still open. For now, the circumstances that led to her death inside the Breukelen Houses apartment remain under wraps, with no further details released.
