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Woodhaven Man Found Dead in Home Was Fatally Stabbed and Beaten: Officials

By Aidan Gardiner | January 31, 2017 3:29pm

QUEENS — A man who was found dead in his Woodhaven home Sunday afternoon had been fatally stabbed in the head and neck and beaten over the head, the city's medical examiner said Tuesday. 

Efrain Vargas, 24, hadn't talked to his mom in about a week so she alerted police, who entered his 91st Street home, near 91st Avenue, about 3:30 p.m. and found him dead on the floor, NYPD officials said.

He had suffered stab wounds to his head, neck, torso and right arm, according to Julie Bolcer, spokeswoman for the Medical Examiner's office.

He also suffered a blunt impact to the head, police said.

There hadn't been any arrests as of Tuesday afternoon, an NYPD spokeswoman said.