Police search for killer who beat mother to death in front of her 7-year-old daughter in Washington Heights

EAST HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- Family members and advocates gathered Monday night in East Harlem to mourn Lovay Williams, a 27-year-old mother found dead in her Washington Heights apartment Sunday afternoon in what police are investigating as a domestic violence killing. Green balloons were released in her honor as relatives described Williams as a devoted mother whose 7-year-old daughter is now left without her. "She should be here to take care of her own child," said her mother, Monica Manners. Her father, Nuquan Williams, said, "She loved music, she loved people, most importantly she loved her daughter." Williams' parents said the 7-year-old girl witnessed the killing at the hands of a man their daughter had been dating. "She witnessed the whole murder, yes," Williams' father said. "He tried to clean her up, he tried to put her in the bathtub. After he put her in the bathtub tried to clean the house down. Put her back into the bed.

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