Authorities found Maria Santos Flores, 36, unconscious in the stairwell in the multi-apartment home on 85th Street in Bay Ridge at around 9:12am, according to the NYPD. Santos Flores had a slash wound to the neck and was pronounced dead at the scene. Sources said the woman was home alone when she was attacked. Police said the woman’s teenage son made the gruesome discovery. Neighbors heard the screaming and called the police, sources said. More on this from Pix 11.
