35-year-old woman stabbed to death in Manhattan apartment in seemingly random attack

A 35-year-old woman was stabbed to death in her downtown Manhattan apartment in what appeared to be a random attack.

A 35-year-old woman was stabbed to death in her downtown Manhattan apartment in what appeared to be a random attack.

Christina Lee got out of a cab at about 4:23 a.m. Sunday and was followed into her Chinatown apartment building, according to New York City police.

When officers responded to a 911 call, they were confronted by someone barricaded inside the apartment, police said.

Once officers were able to breach the apartment, they found Lee stabbed in her bathroom, police said. She was pronounced dead at the scene.