NYC Woman's Burned, Decomposed Body Found in Closet: Sources

The burned, badly decomposed body of a 67-year-old woman was found upside down in a bedroom closet in her Brooklyn apartment Wednesday, law enforcement sources said. 

Police were called to the apartment inside the Albany housing development in Crown Heights for a wellness check around 3 p.m., and when they knocked on the door, a man answered and told officers he lived there with his mother, the sources said. When asked where his mother was, the man replied that she "went out."

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Police searched the apartment and found the woman's body upside down in the closet, partially covered by clothing, according to sources. The body appeared to be severely burned. 

A man is in custody, sources said, but no further details were released. 

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Police haven't released the identity of the deceased woman. 

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