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The woman stabbed to death in the city’s first homicide of the year was identified by cops Wednesday — as the suspect in the grisly case was found dead in his apartment, police sources said.
Shwesin Nyuntwai, 41, was found lying in a pool of blood next to a Rite Aid in Astoria around 8:30 p.m. New Year’s Day — a short time after surveillance video shows her walking with an unidentified man, police said.
Nyuntwai, of Elmhurst, was stabbed in her upper left back, left breast and twice just below her left shoulder — and was taken to Mount Sinai Queens, where she was pronounced dead, cops said.
On Wednesday, a 60-year-old man, eyed in connection to the slaying, was found dead in his apartment on 33rd Avenue near 14th Street, about three blocks from the spot Nyuntwai’s body was found, police sources said.
There were no signs of trauma, and the city medical examiner’s office will officially determine how he died.
The man worked on the same block as the victim and may have been stalking her — though no previous complaints or arrests have been made, according to the sources.
The slain victim’s brother, Arkar Nyuntwai, 33, of Beaver Creek, Ohio, told The Post the local police department notified his family about Shwesin’s death on Monday – and they flew to New York the next day.
Shwesin had just left her job as a seamstress when she was attacked, her brother said he learned from police.
“I haven’t seen her for three years, but we talked,” Arkar said. “She called my mom a lot, every day pretty much. So I knew about her, you know, from my mom. We text her, you know, Happy New Year that New Year night and I replied back to her, and that was the last text that we had.”
The victim’s brother said he knew nothing about the suspect in the slaying.
“She’s a very kind-hearted woman, you know,” he added. “I mean, she’s just the last person to be killed like this.”
“It’s the only sister we’ve got, you know? We’re still in shock.”
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