Category Archive for : ‘Parental Homicide’

NBC New York
By NBC New York Staff
11/30/24

Daughter fatally stabs 84-year-old mom Thanksgiving Eve on Long Island: SCPD

A Long Island City woman is facing a murder charge for stabbing her 84-year-old mother to death on Long Island Thanksgiving Eve, police said.

Suffolk County Police responded to a call Wednesday, shortly after 9 p.m. following a report of a stabbing victim on Carmen Court in Dix Hills, police said. When officers arrived to the scene they allegedly found the home’s resident, 84-year-old Jospehine Bekatoros, stabbed to death.

Homicide Squad detectives located Bekatoros’ daughter, Diana

FOX 5 New York
By Michael Stallone
11/15/24

23-year-old Who Allegedly Stabbed Dad to Death Still Missing 1 Week After Long Island Murder

Police on Long Island are continuing their search for a 23-year-old man accused of murdering his father this past weekend.

According to Suffolk County Police, 61-year-old Joseph Zoll was found stabbed on Saturday just before 1:30 a.m. at a home in Rocky Point.

He was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Police are searching for his son, Matthew, who’s described as 6’1″, 150 pounds with brown hair

New York Daily News
Story by Muri Assunção
10/19/24

L.I. Man Gets 22 Years to Life for Fatally Stabbing Wife in Front of Teen Son 

A Long Island man who admitted stabbing his wife in front of their teenage son earlier this year has been sentenced to 22 years to life in prison, officials announced Thursday.

Ryszard Murawski of Lindenhurst is accused of stabbing Wioleta Murawski with a “large, serrated knife” on Jan. 3 and then fleeing the scene.

The brutal attack, which was captured on security camera video, was also witnessed by the couple’s 15-year-old