NYPD: 2 toddler boys among 4 stabbed in possible murder-suicide on Upper West Side
Two adults and two children were found Monday afternoon in a Manhattan apartment with fatal stab wounds in what authorities believe was a possible murder-suicide. Credit: Sipa USA via AP/J Lamparski / SOPA Images
Four people — two adults and two toddlers — were found stabbed to death in an Upper West Side apartment building in Manhattan early Monday afternoon in what officials believe may have been a murder-suicide, officials said.
The bodies of the four, ranging in age from 1 to 41, were found in a fourth-floor apartment in a building at 328 W. 86th St. after both NYPD officers and FDNY firefighters made a wellness check, said an NYPD spokesman.
It was after a call was made to police just before 3 p.m. that firefighters arrived at the location and had to breach the lock on the apartment door. After first responders entered, they found the man, woman and two boys in different rooms with stab wounds, the spokesman said.
Edison Lopez, 41, was found in a bedroom with a stab wound to the neck and a knife next to him, police said. Alexandra Witek, 40, was found in a different area of the apartment, also with a stab wound to the neck, as was 3-year-old Lucien Lopez, an official said. Calvin Lopez, who only last month had his first birthday, was found with multiple stab wounds.
Police had initially identified the children as a girl and a boy.
The FDNY had to breach the door because a deadbolt had been locked on the inside, said the law enforcement official.
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Anthony M. DeStefano has been a reporter for Newsday since 1986 and covers law enforcement, criminal justice and legal affairs from its New York City offices.
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