Plea From Rockland Man Who Took Bus To Boston After Stabbing

SPRING VALLEY, NY — A man who took a bus to Boston after a pre-dawn stabbing in Rockland County has pleaded guilty to manslaughter, Acting Rockland County District Attorney Kevin Gilleece announced Wednesday.

Jose Alejandro Icu-Madrid of Spring Valley stabbed Jairo Danilo Sandoval del Cid of Ponona twice during a 4 a.m. argument at an apartment on Northbrook Road on Feb. 20.

Officers found del Cid, 40, bleeding severely. He died there. Icu-Madrid had run away.

Police quickly discovered the 24-year-old got a ride from someone who took him to the Port Authority bus terminal in New York City. With help from the Port Authority, they concluded he was on a bus to Boston. The Boston Police Department arrested him when the bus pulled in there that afternoon.

“After stabbing Jairo Danilo del Cid, this defendant fled the state; because of the great work of the Ramapo Police Department, this defendant was quickly apprehended," Chief Assistant District Attorney Dominic A. Crispino said in the announcement.

Icu-Madrid pleaded guilty to one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree, a class “B” Violent Felony.

Icu-Madrid is currently in the Rockland County Jail, prosecutors said. He will receive 22 years in state prison for the fatal stabbing; sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 14.