Horror details after a 16-year-old girl was stabbed to death in the apartment as police began the hunt for her 18-year-old boyfriend

A 16-YEAR-OLD girl was fatally stabbed in a New York City apartment and now police are looking for her boyfriend.

Police say Saniyah Lawrence was stabbed in the neck around 5:40 p.m. Sunday at a Harlem apartment on Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard.

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She was found by authorities with a stab wound to the neck and pronounced dead after being transported to NYC Health & Hospitals/Harlem.

That New York police The department said Monday morning it was searching for 18-year-old Zyaire Crumbley, believed to be the victim’s boyfriend, following the fatal attack.

Police told The US Sun that police spotted the victim after receiving an emergency call about an assault at the home.

According to police, the victim was stabbed to death after an argument, but the nature of the argument is unclear.

No arrests have been made in the case and the investigation is ongoing.

A photo of Crumbley wearing a white shirt was released by the NYPD on Monday.

He is said to be 1.67 meters tall, weighs 65 kilos, has a dark complexion, is of medium build and has short black hair.

Crumbley was wearing a black jacket, black pants and black and green sneakers when the attack took place, sources told the New York Post.

Police sources also told the news outlet that Crumbley had previously been arrested twice as a juvenile and had arrested four juvenile delinquents, all on robbery charges.

Crumbley has no history of domestic violence with Lawrence.

He is currently wanted for murder as police are urging anyone with information on the case to contact NYPDTips or call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) anonymously.

Tips can also be submitted by the public via the CrimeStoppers website on Twitter via @NYPDTips.