Multiple Northeast Stabbings Leave Two Dead, Multiple Arrests

A series of recent stabbings across the Northeast left at least two people dead and several others injured, prompting multiple arrests and ongoing investigations. In Philadelphia, 51-year-old Jean Schultz Junio Laurent was fatally stabbed near June’s Kitchen in East Mount Airy while walking to work; 48-year-old Scott Hilton was arrested and charged with murder. In the Bronx, 35-year-old Pamela Almonte Cabrera was fatally stabbed outside Mama Dora Bar & Lounge while protecting her boyfriend; 28-year-old Cristian Moya was arrested on murder, manslaughter and weapons charges. Connecticut incidents include a non-life-threatening stabbing in Bridgeport where a suspect was detained, and a Waterbury Oct. 18 stabbing that left a 31-year-old man hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries for which 20-year-old Harlem Arquel Espinosa-Ramos is wanted on attempted murder and first-degree assault charges. In Providence, a 70-year-old man was stabbed in the neck outside the St. Elizabeth Apartments and a 79-year-old neighbor was arrested, and a separate Elmwood Avenue apartment stabbing also led to an arrest; Providence cases remain under investigation. Authorities across jurisdictions are asking anyone with information to contact local police or Crime Stoppers tip lines.