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Woman Fatally Stabbed in a Jackson Heights Apartment Following Domestic Dispute

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July 3, 2020 By Christian Murray

A woman is dead after being stabbed by her husband in a Jackson Heights apartment early this morning, according to police.

Police responded to a 911 call of an assault at 94-26 34th Road at around 2:20 a.m. and upon arrival discovered a man and a woman both with stab wounds.

The woman, 45, had multiple stab wounds to her body, while the man had stab wounds to his abdomen.

Both were transported to NYC Health & Hospitals/Elmhurst, where the woman, Yaqueline Collado, was pronounced dead. The man, whose identity has not been released, is in critical condition and is in police custody.

Police said the stabbings stemmed from a domestic dispute but had no further information. The investigation is ongoing.

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