Story:
Bronx, NY (1/11/10) - Firefighters battling a two-alarm fire that tore through a Bronx apartment Monday made a gruesome discovery - a person who was dead with his throat cut.Donald Holliday, 53, was stabbed a dozen times in the chest, slashed across his throat and then left to die inside his 14th-floor apartment in the Marble Hill Houses, police said.
Investigators believe the killer then set the apartment on fire at 9:20 a.m. to cover up the crime, police said.
"It's sad because this is a relatively nice neighborhood," said resident Eileen Henderson, 43, who said Holliday rarely spoke with his neighbors.
"He's a loner," she said.
Detectives were not certain why Holliday - who had a minor criminal record - was targeted for such a brutal death.
Bloodstains were found in a stairwell, leading investigators to speculate that he was jumped there and then dragged into his apartment.
It was not clear if anything was taken from the apartment. Cops were reviewing surveillance video at the high-rise building, where residents were shaken by the killing.
"It's scary," said Emerald Kennedy, 23, who lives two doors from Holliday's apartment. "It just goes to show how short life is," she said.
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Info from Daily News and video from NY1
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