WEST BRIGHTON, Staten Island (WABC) — A 19-year-old stepson has been taken into custody after his 45-year-old stepfather was found stabbed to death on Staten Island on Monday, according to police sources.<\/p>\n
Officials say police received a call for a person stabbed at 380 Cary Ave. in the West Brighton section just before 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
When officers arrived, they discovered the 45-year-old victim in the bathtub with multiple stab wounds to his head and neck.<\/p>\n
The victim was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n
“This whole world is upside down. This is like a terrible, horrible, to do this to a person you know not even to an animal, you don’t do that,” a neighbor said.<\/p>\n
According to police sources, the victim’s 19-year-old stepson was taken into custody.<\/p>\n
They say the stepson’s sister walked into the home around 4 p.m. and found blood in rooms throughout the home. She then discovered the victim in the bathtub.<\/p>\n
According to police sources, the victim wasn’t just stabbed, but decapitated, with the knife still in the body of the victim when police arrived on the scene<\/p>\n
They say it’s unclear what led to the violent stabbing. Police sources say the stepson has no prior arrests.<\/p>\n
So far, he has not been charged.<\/p>\n
Hugh Nembhard told Eyewitness News that he has lived across the street for some 60 years.<\/p>\n
“I’m not familiar with the stepson. I never saw him. I saw the father, but never the stepson,” he said. “I don’t know what to make of it. I don’t know what to make of this. This is a shock to me. The neighborhood has changed.”<\/p>\n
Police said the stepson may have a history of mental illness.<\/p>\n
The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n
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