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Brooklyn woman, 29, fatally stabbed her boyfriend Friday, police say

A 29-year-old woman fatally stabbed her boyfriend in their Brownsville apartment Friday night, police said.
A 29-year-old woman fatally stabbed her boyfriend in their Brownsville apartment Friday night, police said. Photo Credit: Getty Images / Cindy Ord

A 29-year-old Brooklyn woman is being charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon after fatally stabbing her boyfriend in their Brownsville apartment Friday night, police said.

Officers arrested Rochelle Watson-Stanley of 204 Howard St. at her second floor residence at 8:17 p.m. Friday, after finding her 51-year-old boyfriend with a stab wound to his neck, according to the NYPD. Paramedics transported him to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.

A domestic dispute precipitated the deadly attack, police said.

The name of the victim has yet to be released, and the investigation is ongoing, according to the NYPD.