Decomposing body of cancer patient found ‘buried' in comforters in NYC apartment: sources
Kim To's lifeless body was found swaddled in layers of clothing and under piles of comforters in the apartment on 63rd Street near 23rd Avenue in Bensonhurst when cops responded to the pad about 1:30 p.m., according to law enforcement sources.
A scarf was also wrapped around To's neck, the sources said.
3 Kim To, 86, was found dead inside her apartment on 63rd Street near 23rd Avenue in Bensonhurst Monday afternoon, cops said.
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To suffered from stage 4 cancer as well as Alzheimer's disease, and no criminality was immediately suspected in her death, the sources said.
Investigators believe To was deceased for at least one week, but possibly as many as three, according to the sources.
Police had been called after a clash over the apartment, the sources added.
To's daughter, 65 – who lived with her mother and had changed the locks earlier this year – refused to allow her sisters, 61 and 57, inside the apartment when one of them spotted flies coming from the window, according to the sources.
3 To suffered from stage 4 cancer as well as Alzheimer's disease, the sources said.
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Responding officers were also met with violence by the oldest sister, who is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia but has not taken her medication, the sources said.
She allegedly bit an officer multiple times before she was handcuffed and taken to Maimonides Medical Center for an evaluation, according to the sources.
3 To's 67-year-old daughter allegedly bit a cop responding to the scene, sources said.
Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
To's body was removed from the scene for an autopsy, and her official cause of death will be determined by the city medical examiner's office.
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