A man was charged with the murder of his girlfriend, whose 6-year-old son was in the Kips Bay apartment where her body was found, police said.
Latisha Fowler, 38, was found dead with head trauma by a New York City Housing Authority maintenance worker in the East 28th Street apartment, near First Avenue, on Sunday at about 9:30 a.m., police said.
She was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
Her boyfriend, Charles Pratt, 33, was taken into custody at the scene, police said. He was later arrested and charged with murder.
Fowler’s cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner.
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