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Quiet Acknowledgment is Powerful: Rethinking Suicide Prevention for Older Adults By Dr. Tyshawn J. Thompson, Clinical Psychologist, Montefiore-Einstein Psychiatry Associates  Bronx Voice  August 21, 2025 NEW YORK - Despite continued awareness and prevention efforts, suicide remains a leading cause of death in the U.S. Many conversations about suicide risk focus on youth and middle-aged populations, while older adults tend to go unnoticed - but they are an important group to consider.  Sadly, death by suicide is highest for men older than 75 years . Older adults can face many factors that increase their risk for suicidal thoughts and actions including: feelings of loneliness, social isolation, grief, family discord, new cognitive and physical deficits, financial strain, and institutionalization.  Recently, I had a conversation with a close family member who shared feelings of anxiety and a fear of losin...

Bronx Man Charged with Fatally Stabbing Girlfriend in Neck

Police have arrested the boyfriend of a woman who was found dead with multiple stab wounds to the neck inside her apartment. -File Photo

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

September 15, 2023


BRONX - A Bronx man was charged with fatally stabbing his girlfriend in the neck inside his apartment. 




Police arrested 35-year-old Shaheene Ahmad in the death of his girlfiend 23-year-old Zariah Hayes. He was charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon. 


At around 10:30 pm on September 14, officers from the 49th Precinct responded to a 911 call at 2552 Holland Avenue off of Pelham Parkway. Cops arrived at the apartment to find Hayes lying on the floor, bleeding with multiple stab wounds to her neck. 



Hayes was transported by EMS to nearby Jacobi Medical Center where she was pronounced dead. 


Police took Ahmad, the victim’s 35-year-old boyfriend, into custody at the scene. 


A knife was recovered at the scene. 


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