The boyfriend of a Jamaican woman who was fatally stabbed of their shared residence within the Bronx has been arrested and charged with homicide, police stated Tuesday.
Khaleel Cooper, 39, was taken into custody on Monday, two days after allegedly stabbing 40-year-old Tamara Rowe throughout a home dispute inside their house on East 232nd Road within the Wakefield part. Cooper now faces fees together with homicide, manslaughter, felony possession of a weapon, and endangering the welfare of a kid.
Rowe, a former worker of the Gleaner Firm Restricted, was discovered by police with stab wounds to her chest and proper arm round 8:30 p.m. on Saturday. She was rushed to Montefiore Medical Middle, the place she was pronounced useless.
“That was very stunning,” stated neighbor Cheryl Thompson, 48. “There was no purpose. No argument, no nothing. … They by no means struggle.”
In response to the NYPD, Cooper had no prior arrests. Authorities stated the couple was residing within the residence with Rowe’s two youngsters who have been house on the time of the incident. The youngsters are actually within the care of the New York Administration for Kids’s Companies (ACS), whereas efforts are underway to position them with relations or a trusted household buddy.
“In accordance with our obligation of care to Jamaican nationals overseas, we’re making enquiries concerning the welfare of the kids affected by this devastating occasion,” Alsion Wilson, Jamaica’s consul common in New York, instructed The Gleaner in an announcement.
The Jamaican Consulate stated it’s actively investigating the circumstances surrounding Rowe’s demise and has been in shut contact with legislation enforcement. The consulate has additionally pledged to coordinate with the suitable social companies to make sure the perfect end result for the kids.
Jamaican non-profit organisation Leaf of Life is working with the consulate and the Riverdale Kids’s Theatre to help the kids’s welfare. Jennifer Chalmers, head of Leaf of Life, stated the precedence is to safe the kids’s launch from ACS and have them positioned within the custody of household or shut household buddies.
Rowe had migrated to the U.S. over a decade in the past and labored as a house well being aide, in accordance with relations. Police proceed to research and are urging anybody with data to contact legislation enforcement.
