By Bond Robertson 
Katie Gallagher has been the designer of clothes for Lady Gaga and Rita Ora. Now the police suspect that she is one of several dead in a series of attempted drug-related robberies.
A woman was found dead in a Manhattan apartment in New York eight months ago It is now identified as Fashion designer Catherine Marie Gallagher (35).
Now the police believe that she was murdered, and begin to investigate, write ABC New York.
Katie Gallagher was an American fashion designer who has dressed world stars such as Lady Gaga, Rita Ora and actress Laverne Cox, showing 26 of her collections during New York and Paris Fashion Weeks.
She is described as an “internationally recognized fashion designer” and has been featured in magazines such as Vogue and Elle.
Police in New York now suspect that she died after ingesting a toxic mixture of fentanyl, alcohol, ethanol and fluorofentanil.
according to NBC New YorkPolice sources say Gallagher’s death could be linked to 26 other similar incidents in New York’s Lower East Side, where victims were said to have been drugged and robbed. Of the 26 accidents, two were supposed to have died of an overdose.
In a statement to NBC New York, Katie Gallagher’s family said:
– The police are now confirming something we’ve already shown, that Katie is a victim of a crime. We have withheld information pending an official statement. Sharing the news helps us demand justice.