The lifeless body of a 38-year-old Bronx woman, apparently beaten to death inside her apartment, was found lying beneath the covers in bed, police said Thursday.
An autopsy will determine the cause of death for Lisette Gomez, but police believe she was beaten about the face and neck and are treating her death as a homicide — with family and friends describing an abusive relationship with an ex-con boyfriend.
Detectives were questioning the boyfriend but it was unclear if police believe he was the killer. The victim’s sister said the two met at a liquor store about six months ago and he soon moved into Gomez’s apartment.
“He’s a monster,” said older sister Carmen Torres, 44. “I was telling her, ‘He’s no good for you.’”
“She didn’t deserve to die like this, she really didn’t,” Torres added. “Wonderful woman, lovely, big heart.”
Gomez’s body was discovered Wednesday by someone she knew, police said. Cops received a 12:43 p.m. 911 call and responded to her apartment on Cauldwell Ave. near Westchester Ave. to find her corpse.
Local resident Jimmy Alvarado said Gomez and her two children were doing just fine until the boyfriend moved into their home.
“Met the wrong person, thinking it was the right person,” he said. “She was good people but she just went the wrong way … I wish she was still here. I just couldn’t believe it.”