A new case of domestic violence was reported in the county of The Bronxin New York, in which a couple of Dominican ex-husbands were involved. The victim was identified as Amadiz Peña, 45 years old.
The homicide was committed by Peña’s ex-partner, identified as Raul Jose Santos, who stabbed him in the chest “provoked by jealousy”, since Amadiz had a new relationship. Acquaintances reported that the couple was in the process of divorce. Santos came to the United States from the Dominican Republic to commit the crime.
Santos was the one who called the police to report that the woman was dead.
New York police responded to a call and arrived at a residence in Bedford Park on the Grand Concourse Tuesday followingnoon. As reported, inside the house, they found Amadiz’s body in bed with a stab wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to the authorities, the door of the apartment where the victim lived was not forced.
Several friends and relatives declared to Telemundo 47 that the man had a strange attitude for several days. Although they did not believe that he might commit a crime.
They described Peña as a calm and hard-working woman.
Santos faces charges of murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.
