Her mother always called out “I love you, baby,” before leaving for work; there was only silence. The cooked shrimp and macaroni and cheese for the feast her mother had planned for co-workers was in the kitchen. And in the bedroom, the would-be hostess, Erica Robertson, 29, was dead on the floor, a knife protruding from her chest, a single glove by her side. Nearly 20 years ago I wrote an About New York column about the murders of two young women. Both had moved to the city from Columbus, Ohio, and both had been stabbed to death in their apartments.

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Persons: Brittany Robertson, Erica Robertson, Catherine Woods, Robertson, Robinson Locations: New York, Columbus , Ohio, East Harlem