An enraged Bronx man fatally stabbed the mom of his two daughters over the weekend as a result of he thought she was dishonest on him, in keeping with cops and a relative.
A baby described as household was dwelling on the time of the assault, though it’s unclear whether or not the teen was one of many couple’s youngsters, sources mentioned.
Khaleel Cooper, 39, is accused of knifing 40-year-old Tamara Rowe in her chest and proper arm of their sixth-floor unit on East 232nd Road close to White Plains Highway in Wakefield on Saturday, authorities mentioned.
Rowe’s brother referred to as 911 when he discovered his sister’s lifeless physique throughout a wellness examine within the condominium round 8:35 p.m. Saturday, police sources mentioned.
She was rushed to Montefiore Medical Middle, the place she succumbed to her accidents.
The troubled couple met in Jamaica, the place they’d their first daughter, who’s now 9 or 10, after which their second youngster, now 2-and-a-half, within the US, in keeping with a feminine relative who didn’t wish to be recognized.
Cooper had deliberate to start out a trucking enterprise – as his household had in Jamaica – however determined in opposition to it since Rowe wasn’t a fan of the concept, the girl mentioned.
Rowe in the meantime labored the evening shift at a Queens restaurant, and Cooper grew suspicious when a person introduced her dwelling one evening, the kin mentioned. Rowe often takes MetroNorth – and she or he wasn’t calling Cooper as a lot, both, the relative mentioned.
“He felt like, ‘I finished my life for you. … You and I might finally get married,’ ” the member of the family mentioned.
“He felt like she was sneaking round, and he didn’t prefer it,” she added.
Tensions got here to a head when Cooper claimed he put a recorder below the mattress and captured Rowe having telephone intercourse with one other man – however she denied this, in keeping with the relative.
“He instructed me he cherished her a lot,” the member of the family mentioned. “He mentioned, ‘We don’t have any points.’ He was even crying, that’s how damage he was.”
Cooper was charged with homicide, manslaughter, endangering the welfare of a kid and felony possession of a weapon within the slaying, police mentioned.
He has no prior arrests, authorities mentioned.
His arraignment in Bronx Felony Court docket was pending Tuesday.
“We by no means thought it might be stabbing and killing,” the relative mentioned. “I’m unhappy that she’s not with us, however I really feel unhealthy for him too as a result of no person deserves that, the way in which she handled him, but in addition no person deserves to die.”
Now, the couple’s two ladies “misplaced all the things,” in keeping with the member of the family.
“They didn’t simply lose a mother, they misplaced their dad, too.”
