A 68-year-old man fatally choked his younger sister in their Brooklyn apartment, police and law enforcement sources said Monday.
Mary Fagan, 64, was discovered unresponsive in the living room of the home she shared with her brother, Thomas Fagan, on St. Johns Place near Bedford Avenue in Crown Heights around 6 p.m. on July 26, police said.
She was pronounced dead on the scene by responding EMS personnel.
The woman’s death did not appear suspicious at first, but a later examination revealed bruising on her neck, indicating strangulation, according to the sources.
The city Medical Examiner’s Office then determined Mary’s death was a homicide caused by “compression of the neck,” according to a spokeswoman.
As detectives interviewed her brother, who has no prior arrests, he admitted to the crime, according to sources. The police did not provide a motive for the killing.
Thomas was arrested Saturday evening and charged with murder, police said.
He pleaded not guilty and was ordered held without bail at his Sunday arraignment, according to online court records.
According to cops, the NYPD had never been notified of any domestic violence incidents involving the brother and sister before.
