Police arrest niece in meat-cleaver killing of Queens woman

03/20/2017 7:00 am PDT

via WPIX :

QUEENS, N.Y. -- (WPIX) -- 30-year-old Queens woman allegedly murdered her aunt with a meat cleaver, officials said.

Police arrested Elizabeth Sanchez for the killing after her aunt's body was found on Thursday morning.

Sanchez shared a two-story home in the South Jamaica neighborhood of Queens with her aunt, Maria Palaguachi. She allegedly repeatedly slashed her aunt in the head, neck and shoulders with a meat cleaver.

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Police arrest niece in meat-cleaver killing of Queens woman

03/20/2017 7:00 am PDT

via WPIX :

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