Pals mourn vic of knife slay in S.I.

Grieving friends of a Staten Island mother of four found dead with her throat slit braved icy temperatures Wednesday to light candles on the victim’s stoop — remembering a sweet woman tortured by alcohol and domestic abuse.

Natasha Colon, 38, was found unconscious inside her St. George apartment about 9 p.m. on Tuesday. Medics rushed her to Richmond University Medical Center, but she couldn’t be saved.

Detectives questioned Colon’s live-in boyfriend after the grisly discovery, but no charges were filed. His name was not released.

The NYPD said it expects the city medical examiner to conclude Colon was killed.

Friend Angelica Gonzalez, 29, had harsh words for the boyfriend as she lit a candle by the Montgomery Ave. building, and said it wasn’t unusual for Colon to be covered in bruises from head to toe.

“All the police reports she made, all the complaints that she made, and they didn’t do anything about it until now? They [the police] wait until she f——-g dies to come here and do something about it?” yelled out Gonzalez, shaking her head in disbelief.

Neither the NYPD nor the Staten Island district attorney’s office immediately responded to requests for comment about the alleged complaints.

Colon, known as Tata to those who knew her well, was also in the process of getting her four kids back from city custody.

“She told me all of them were taken away from her,” Gonzalez said. “She was moving from here. We were helping her find another place. And now look.”

Another friend of Colon, who accompanied Gonzalez to the crime scene, recalled one of the last times she found the victim with a black eye.

“She had glasses on because he [the boyfriend] punched her in her face,” the friend said, crying.

“I was like, ’Did you make a report?’ And she was like, ’Yes. Every time I make a report, they don’t even come.’ ”

Colon was a bright spot in the neighborhood, despite issues with alcohol and drug abuse, her longtime neighbor said.

“People, they’re so in pain and they try to numb their pain with alcohol and drugs,” said Victor, 58, who’s lived in the neighborhood for more than 15 years.

“She was very sweet. She used to dance in the street. ... She didn’t deserve this,” he said.