A mom of 4 was fatally stabbed within the hallway of her condo constructing in New York Metropolis’s Harlem neighborhood within the early hours of Monday, November 10.
Carmen Lopez was discovered with a number of stab wounds to her torso at round 4:25 a.m. at her condo constructing situated at 409 West 129th Road. The NYPD confirmed to Folks that she was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside, the place she was pronounced lifeless.
Luis Marquez was arrested and charged with homicide in reference to Lopez’s loss of life on the morning of Tuesday, November 11, in line with the NYPD. It isn’t at the moment recognized if Marquez, 41, had a potential motive for killing Lopez, 47. Nonetheless, CBS Information famous that it’s believed the suspect knew the sufferer previous to the homicide.
CBS Information additionally reported that Lopez was the mom to 4 younger kids. She had lived within the condo constructing for a number of years.
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Moreover, sources advised PIX11 that they imagine Marquez was Lopez’s ex-boyfriend. Based on the outlet, he allegedly confirmed as much as the Bronx hospital with cuts on his arms and he was carrying clothes from the scene earlier than he was taken into custody.
“She was a fantastic mom and a fantastic human being. She liked our household, and he or she liked life,” Lopez’s sister, Lucy Lopez, advised the New York Every day Information about her sister. “We don’t know methods to begin over.”
A few of Lopez’s neighbors opened up about seeing the crime scene of their condo constructing. “Blood like far and wide, like she was working and blood simply dripping after which she stopped proper within the center, which might be the place she collapsed,” one resident advised CBS Information.
In the meantime, one other individual described her as “pleasant.” The neighbor continued, “She’ll say, ‘Good morning.’ I might assist her along with her baggage and he or she would settle for my assist, issues like that. She was simply good, a pleasant individual.”
“It’s unhappy, very unhappy. Holidays are arising [and she] received’t be capable to spend Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Yr’s along with her household,” an extra neighbor stated of the state of affairs.
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One other neighbor advised the outlet that the constructing’s residents have been making an attempt to determine methods to finest assist the girl’s household. “When issues that has occurred, it simply, like, impacts all people. [It hits] so near residence,” one resident stated.
In mild of the tragedy, anti-violence group Road Nook Assets frolicked providing assist to these within the neighborhood impacted by the homicide.
“It makes me really feel a sure means as a girl, so think about individuals who noticed her, noticed her shifting round, they know her, and the way do they really feel?” CEO Dr. Iesha Sekou stated, per CBS Information.
