'Love Triangle' Murder Leads To Arrest, $1M Bond: Stamford PD

STAMFORD, CT — A Stamford man accused of stabbing another man to death in May over a "love triangle" has been charged with murder, police said. Alonso Perez-Mateo, 30, of Stamford has been in police custody since May 22 on "unrelated criminal charges stemming from an unrelated incident" and is currently being held in lieu of a $1 million bond, police said.

On that date around 10 p.m., police responded to a man bleeding in the road on Frederick Street near Cove Road, police said. Officers located Enrique Gutama, 55, of Stamford, unconscious and bleeding on the sidewalk.

Officers were able to follow a blood trail to a Frederick Street residence, where it was later determined Gutama was stabbed during a dispute over a "love triangle," police said. He was taken to Stamford Hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arriving, police said.

Police Capt. Richard Conklin said Gutama was stabbed in the chest and left "a very heavy blood trail" from the residence where the stabbing took place to the corner.

Investigators identified Perez-Mateo as a suspect "within hours" of the incident and arrested him with help from the department's Special Response Team, police said.

"After countless interviews and with the assistance of the State's Attorney Office, the Stamford Police Department formally charged Alonso Perez-Mateo with murder," Lieutenant Michael A. Noto said in a statement. The accused is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 22.

"It is our hope that this arrest can bring some sense of justice to the victim's family," Noto said. "We are extremely proud of the actions of our officers involved with this case. The Stamford Police Uniform Division did an outstanding job responding to the incident, identifying the crime scene and identifying witnesses. This was paramount in assisting the Bureau of Criminal Investigations in resolving this case so quickly. The teamwork involved in this case is what led to such a speedy resolution."

Police also acknowledged Sergeant Sean Boeger, Officer Damien Rosa, Louis Burdi and Jerry Junes, whose investigation led to the quick arrest.