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# New Video Shows Person Of Interest In 2016 Red Hook Homicide
- URL: https://bklyner.com/new-video-shows-person-of-interest-in-2016-red-hook-homicide/
- Published: 2019-03-04T15:23:20.000Z
- Updated: 2019-03-04T15:30:20.000Z
- Author: Pamela Wong
- Tags: North Western Brooklyn, Police & Fire, Red Hook, 110 West 9th Street, NYPD 76th Precinct, Sharon Whigham, #wp

RED HOOK – The NYPD released new surveillance video last week showing a person of interest in connection with a 2016 homicide in Red Hook.

At approximately 4:30am on May 19, 2016, the body of 51-year-old Sharon Whigham, a mother of seven, was discovered in front of 110 West 9th Street. Police say a suspect slashed her throat and placed her on a bench. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1457-16-Homicide-76-Pct-05-19-16-PHOTO-VICTIM-Sharon-Whigham-566x800.jpg)

Via NYPD

Following the incident, police questioned Whigham’s boyfriend but did not charge him, the [New York Daily News](https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/woman-51-found-dead-throat-slashed-brooklyn-bench-article-1.2642492?ref=bklyner.com) reported at the time. Whigham grew up in Red Hook and was a resident of the Red Hook Houses.

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