Crime & Safety
Convicted Murderer Stabbed Woman In Bed-Stuy Home: Police
A woman ran nearly naked, covered with blood and with a knife broken in her chest from a Bed-Stuy home, according to reports.
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — A convicted murderer stands accused of trying to kill a woman in a bloody knife attack inside a Brooklyn home, authorities said.
Israel Navarro, 65, will appear in court Monday on attempted murder and assault charges, records state. Police arrested him after a violent Jan. 31 incident at Hancock Street apartment in Bed-Stuy.
A woman, 32, ran bloodied and nearly naked from the apartment, the Daily News first reported. She had a knife blade broken off in her chest, the Daily News reported.
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Medics took the woman to Kings County Hospital, authorities said. Police on Monday didn't have any information about her current status.
Navarro served five years in prison for a 1980 manslaughter conviction, prison records state. His release didn't last long — in 1988 he started decades-long prison sentence for second-degree murder, according to the records.
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He was released from prison in August, records state.
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