NEW YORK - A mother and her 6-year-old daughter are dead after being stabbed to death inside their Bronx home, the NYPD said Sunday.
According to authorities, police responded to a wellness check at 4024 Monticello Avenue in the Edenwald section just before midnight on Saturday.
Upon arrival, they found the 26-year-old Gabrielle Muniz and her daughter, Rozara Estevez unconscious and unresponsive, both with multiple stab wounds.
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Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene.
Officials say the suspect in the slaying, 34-year-old Caleb Duberry, is believed to be Muniz's boyfriend.
He was also found dead a short time later inside a Bivonia St. apartment.