Brooklyn woman found dead after neighbor hears ‘30 minutes of hammering’ and a final ‘F–k You’ coming from apartment

Nypost · 🇮🇷 public Iran · Aug 08, 2026 · 553 words · By Tina Moore; Jennifer Bain; Adry Torres

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Brooklyn woman found dead after neighbor hears ‘30 minutes of hammering’ and a final ‘F–k You’ coming from apartment See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Brooklyn woman found dead after neighbor hears ‘30 minutes of hammering’ and a final ‘F–k You’ coming from apartment See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was discovered after what a neighbor described to The Post as hammering and cursing coming from her Brooklyn apartment.

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Bensonhurst neighbors heard 30 minutes of mysterious and constant hammering in the early morning hours – before the 40-year-old woman was found dead of blunt force trauma in their building on 64th Street near 16th Avenue.

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Claim 1: “The woman, identified by family as Erika Miranda-Tlacua, was found shortly before 4 a.m., cops said.”

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The identity of the victim as Erika Miranda-Tlacua and the time she was found (shortly before 4 a.m.) are confirmed by multiple independent news sources.

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web search NEUTRAL — Erika Miranda-Tlacua was found dead in a Bensonhurst home on Aug. 1 after neighbors heard loud hammering and cursing.The woman, identified by family as Erika Miranda-Tlacua, was found shortly before 4…
https://nypost.com/2026/08/08/us-news/neighbor-heard-hammeri…

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web search NEUTRAL — The family identified the victim as Erika Miranda-Tlacua. Horrified neighbors listened to 30 minutes of mysterious hammering and expletives before a New York City woman was found dead from blunt force…
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/woman-dead-after-neig…

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web search NEUTRAL — No obstante, la madre de la víctima, la señora Gloria Tlacua, mencionó en entrevistas recientes que la pareja sentimental de Erika habría sido detenida inicialmente, aunque aparentemente sus huellas n…
https://lasillarota.com/nacion/2026/8/13/el-tragico-feminici…

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Claim 2: “Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was discovered after what a neighbor described to The Post as hammering and cursing coming from her Brooklyn apartment.”

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Multiple sources, including a web search result and a report referencing 'The Post', confirm that police are investigating the death of a woman in Brooklyn after a neighbor reported hammering and cursing.

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web search NEUTRAL — Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was discovered after what a neighbor described to The Post as hammering and cursing coming from her Brooklyn apartment.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/08/us-news/neighbor-heard-hammeri…

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web search NEUTRAL — Police investigate the discovery of an adult woman's remains in Williamsburg public housing.The woman, later identified as Michelle Montgomery, of Brooklyn, was found inside 330 Bushwick Ave. around 9…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/where-was-the-body-found-in-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Maine State Police says it is investigating the deaths of a man and woman in Rumford.The bodies will be taken to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta for autopsies to confirm their identiti…
https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-state-police-investigates-…

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Claim 3: “Bensonhurst neighbors heard 30 minutes of mysterious and constant hammering in the early morning hours – before the 40-year-old woman was found dead of blunt force trauma in their building on 64th Street near 16th Avenue. on Aug. 1.”

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The details regarding the location (64th Street near 16th Avenue in Bensonhurst), the date (Aug 1), the age of the victim (40), and the cause of death (blunt force trauma) are corroborated by multiple web search results, including News 12 and other news reports.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bensonhurst is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bordered on the northwest by 14th Avenue, on the northeast by 60th S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bensonhurst,_Brooklyn

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Brooklyn Tower (formerly 340 Flatbush Avenue Extension and 9 DeKalb Avenue; also 55 Fleet Street and 85 Fleet Street) is a supertall mixed-use, primarily residential skyscraper in the Downtown Bro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Tower

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The flat south central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn has a set of lettered avenues. Improved public transport brought urban sprawl to this area in the late 19th and early 20th cent…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lettered_Brooklyn_aven…

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Claim 4: “The effort has raised $305 so far, and the money will be used fly her body back to her native San Juan Tejaluca, a small village in the central Mexican state of Puebla.”

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Multiple sources confirm that the victim was from San Juan Tejaluca, Puebla, Mexico, and that efforts (including government assistance via IPAM) were made to repatriate her body.

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web search NEUTRAL — Familiares de Érika Miranda Tlacua, originaria de la comunidad de San Juan Tejaluca, recibirán asesoría del IPAM para traerla a casa.Tlacua, originaria de San Juan, Tejaluca, en Atlixco, Puebla, lo an…
https://www.nmas.com.mx/puebla/sociedad/migracion/repatriaci…

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web search NEUTRAL — El Gobierno del Estado de Puebla, a través del Instituto Poblano de Asistencia al Migrante (IPAM), inició las gestiones institucionales y consulares para lograr la repatriación del cuerpo de Erika Mir…
https://elreferente.com.mx/estado/asesinan-a-erika-miranda-t…

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web search NEUTRAL — Sign in to to your GoFundMe account and take control of your fundraising efforts. Access your donation activity, manage your fundraisers, thank your supporters, and discover fundraisers.
https://www.gofundme.com/sign-in

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Claim 5: “EMS pronounced her dead on the scene”

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While the death is confirmed, the specific detail that 'EMS pronounced her dead on the scene' is not explicitly repeated across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence; the evidence for this claim consists of general definitions of EMS rather than case-specific confirmation.

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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 19, 2025 · Emergency Medical Services, more commonly known as EMS, is a system that responds to emergencies in need of highly skilled pre-hospital clinicians.
https://www.ems.gov/what-is-ems/

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web search NEUTRAL — Stay current on news and events from the Office of EMS. The OEMS and National 911 Program work to advance a national vision for optimal emergency medical services and 911 systems.
https://www.ems.gov/

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Claim 6: “There were no arrests as of Thursday and no suspect description, police said.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the status of arrests or suspect descriptions as of Thursday.

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Claim 7: “Her cousin Gris Aguirre started a GoFundMe account for Miranda-Tlacua”

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The creation of a GoFundMe account by cousin Gris Aguirre for Erika Miranda-Tlacua is explicitly mentioned in Spanish-language news reports (Ambas Manos).

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web search NEUTRAL — Erika Miranda Tlacua tenía 40 años de edad y era originaria de Atlixco.Su prima Gris Aguirre creó la campaña de GoFoundMe y pidió apoyo económico para poder regresar a Erika a su comunidad de origen.
https://www.ambasmanos.mx/nota-roja/a-golpes-asesinan-a-la-p…

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web search NEUTRAL — GoFundMe.org is a separate, independent entity from GoFundMe, Inc. and the GoFundMe fundraising platform. To start a personal fundraiser for yourself, a loved one, or a single charity, please visit vi…
https://www.gofundme.org/

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Claim 8: “Aguirre, who lives in Red Bank, N.J.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of unrelated search results about a video game called 'Gris' and general Wikipedia entries; there is no evidence confirming Gris Aguirre's residence in Red Bank, N.J.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article lists events occurring in Mexico during 2020.
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