May 17, 2008 10:20 pm US/Eastern
NYPD Releases Sketch Of Dry Cleaner Murder Suspect
Neighbors Remember 52-Year-Old Victim As 'Quiet And Kind'
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New clues emerge Saturday afternoon in the mysterious murder of a woman who owned a Brooklyn dry cleaners. Police are hoping a new sketch will help lead them to the killer.
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New clues emerge Saturday afternoon in the mysterious murder of a woman who owned a Brooklyn dry cleaners.
Police are hoping a new sketch will help lead them to the killer.
Police believe the suspect strangled the owner of a dry cleaning business and used her car to make his getaway.
Was it a simple robbery or was the killer after the car? Neighbors say a man not from the neighborhood had been hanging around outside the cleaners for a couple of hours on Thursday afternoon and the victim had recently come down to a nearby deli to ask about the man. Not long before her murder, store owner Kyung-Sook Woo told a friend his presence was making her feel uneasy.
"She asked if I saw him and she said he was making her nervous," said Brian Wince.
The very next day, Don Allman was walking by when he made the gruesome discovery.
"I saw that her pocket book was inside and the gate unlocked so I went to see if everything is okay and I saw her body in the bathroom of the business," said Allman.
Woo was close to retirement after 12 years of 12-hour days at her 10th Avenue business. On Saturday, it is closed. The front of her apartment in Queens where she lived with her disabled husband and her adult son was filled with flowers and notes. For neighbors, there is pain and puzzlement.
"I can't imagine anyone having a gripe with her, she was quiet and kind," said neighbor Alek Stevens.
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