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Woman found dead in Staten Island home in possible murder-suicide

Woman found dead in Staten Island home in possible murder-suicide
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A woman was found dead in the basement of her Staten Island home Saturday night, possibly killed by her estranged husband before he took his own life, police said.

Police responded to a call around 10:30 p.m. and discovered Iwona Pawliszun, 43, unresponsive with a laceration to her neck at her home on Buffalo Street in Bay Terrace.

EMS responded to the scene and pronounced the woman dead.

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In Poughkeepsie, New York, police found the body of Pawliszun’s estranged husband who died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according toNY1.

Police are looking at this incident as a possible murder-suicide.

According to CBS2, neighbors said they saw a man leaving the house Friday night.

The investigation is ongoing.