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A woman who was found dead in her Manhattan apartment eight months ago has now been identified as fashion designer Kathryn Marie Gallagher.
The medical examiner’s office added, per the outlet, that Gallagher died of a drug-facilitated theft. However, authorities did not confirm if anything had been taken from her apartment.
Police sources told ABC7 that they suspectGallagher was the victimof a string of drug-related robberies that has left at least five other people dead.
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The night before she died, a neighbor had helped Gallagher into her apartment. They later saw that her door was closed and the key was still inside of the lock so they went inside to check on her. That’s when they found her face up on her bed, per ABC7.
Gallagher’s manner of death is one of 26 that happened between March 18 and Dec. 8 that local police are investigating, ABC7 reported.
She launched her eponymous fashion line in 2010 and had 26 collections that were featured in New York Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week. Her 27th line was in the works, and she hoped to debut it in the fall, her obituary shared.
“Katie dressed cultural icons from Daphne Guinness toLady Gaga,Rita Ora, andLaverne Cox. An icon herself, she also modeled for several fellow designers and labels,” it continued. “She was unique, beautiful, smart, unabashed, and always wanting. She was hardworking and talented, with so many ideas and plans for future projects. We are so proud of who she was and all she achieved in her brief but full and beautiful life. She was Katie, our daughter, sister, aunt, and friend.”
She leaves behind her parents, five sisters, a niece, her grandmother, and many extended “family members, friends, clients, and colleagues she met along the way.”
source: people.com
