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Brooklyn Double Homicide: Elderly Man and Daughter Found Dead

Police have taken the woman's longtime boyfriend into custody as a person of interest in the brutal killings.

  • Roosevelt Simmons, 91, and his daughter Jacqueline Delyons, 66, were found dead with throat slashes in their Brooklyn home.
  • The bodies were discovered on the kitchen floor by a female relative on Sunday afternoon.
  • Authorities have detained Delyons' 46-year-old boyfriend, who was present at the scene, as a person of interest.
  • Family members expressed shock, describing the boyfriend as quiet and non-aggressive.
  • The investigation is ongoing, with police yet to file any charges or confirm the relationship between the victims and the suspect.
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