A Harlem lady ruthlessly stabbed dozens of occasions and left to die in a vicious ambush by her ex-boyfriend was formally recognized by police Tuesday as a mom of 4.
Carmen Lopez, 47, was knifed about “50 occasions” – leaving her inside inches of her life – round 4 a.m. Monday close to the elevator on the third ground of her rental constructing on West 129th Road close to St. Nicholas Terrace, cops and sources stated.
Her alleged assailant was her on-again, off-again beau who might have been fueled by jealousy, the sources stated. The 2 weren’t collectively on the time of the slaying, the sources stated.
Constructing porter Lyron Middleton occurred to be cleansing the staircase when he stumbled upon Lopez coated in blood and referred to as 911, he stated.
Lopez was rushed to Mount Sinai Morningside hospital, the place she succumbed to her grave accidents, cops stated.
Surveillance footage – which Middleton couldn’t bear to observe however solely listened to the audio – captured the second the attacker ambushed Lopez after apparently ready on the steps for 2 hours, sources and the porter stated.
“She was yelling out somebody’s identify because it was taking place,” Middleton stated of the footage. “They are saying, ‘Luis, Luis, Luis. Luis cease, Luis cease.’”
The alleged killer was taken into custody hours later, and was dropped at Lincoln Medical Middle for a 24-hour psychiatric maintain, based on the sources.
He was again on the twenty sixth Precinct awaiting fees Tuesday afternoon, the sources stated.
A constructing superintendent advised reporters Monday that the sufferer had 4 children, two who stay along with her and two who’re older and stay in New Jersey.
“I don’t understand how did this occur, as a result of they don’t seem to be an issue individual, any one among them. They’re good [people], like our household,” the employee stated.
