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Woman Stabbed to Death in Bronx

Video Released to Try to Find Stabbing Suspect 


Police are searching for this man in connection with the fatal stabbing of a woman in the Bronx. -Photo by NYPD


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice

July 10, 2023


BRONX - Police released surveillance video of a suspect wanted in the brutal stabbing death of a woman in the Bronx.





Investigators are asking for the public’s help in trying to track down the suspect who was seen on surveillance video inside a grocery store apparently arguing with a person in the Olinville section of the Bronx.




At around 9:30 on July 7, police responded to a 911 call of an assault in progress in the vicinity of White Plains Road and East 220 Street. Cops arrived on the scene to find a 39-year-old unconscious on the sidewalk.


EMS rushed the woman to NYC Health and Hospitals/ Jacobi where she was pronounced dead.




Police have not released the name of the woman pending notification of victim’s family.


The suspect is described as a male with a dark complexion. He was last seen wearing an orange shirt with green stripes and a red collar. The shirt had  the word “Guess” written across the chest. He also wore a dark blue baseball cap, dark pants and white sneakers.




Police also released a video taken from the street. In the video the suspect is seen walking away from the camera wearing the orange shirt. He is then seen walking back now wearing a dark t shirt.


Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls are strictly confidential.




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