Last October Staten Islander Eric Bellucci allegedly stabbed his parents to death in their Annadale home before fleeing to Israel. Since being returned to the States he has been on and off suicide watch and has made such a scene each time he is supposed to go to court that he remains unarraigned. That theme continued today when, despite psychiatric reports saying he was fit to stand trial, his lawyer successfully asked for more time before Bellucci gets his day in court. In favor of the argument that the troubled 31-year-old, a Stuyvesant and Williams graduate, is not well in the head? When he was on the Corrections bus to court and kept screaming "I am the Son of Sam!" more ›

The trial of Eric Bellucci, the Staten Islander accused of stabbing his parents and fleeing to Israel, likely won't be starting anytime soon. Two doctors have found the Stuyvesant and Williams graduate mentally unfit to stand trail. Prosecutors have until February 7 to decide if they want to confirm those findings or have their own doctors examine the young man, who both law enforcement and family say suffers from schizophrenia. If found unfit he'll be kept in a secure psychiatric facility until he is able to stand trail. Bellucci last made news when he refused to enter court for his arraignment. more ›

The court proceedings for Eric Bellucci, the 30-year-old Staten Islander accused of killing both of his parents and fleeing to Israel, are going to take longer than expected. Yesterday the Stuyvesant and Williams graduate was to appear in court for an eight-count indictment but "refused to be fingerprinted and when transported to the Supreme Court for arraignment refused to leave the holding cells," Daniel Donovan, district attorney for Staten Island, told the News. His arraignment is now postponed until after a psychological evaluation and his next court date is scheduled for late January. more ›

Eric Bellucci, the 30-year-old Staten Island resident accused of killing his parents before fleeing to Israel and attempting to travel on to China, gave a jailhouse interview to the Post and proclaimed his innocence, "I was set up... All I know is I went home and found my family dead." However the Post points out, "But Bellucci didn't say why -- if that was true -- he never called police and told them his parents were dead, or why he responded to that discovery by fleeing the country." more ›

After being arraigned on second degree murder charges for allegedly killing his parents, Staten Island resident Eric Bellucci was held without bail. Prosecutors pointed out that his trip to Israel—as the bodies were being found—and attempt to continue on to China made him a flight risk. The 30-year-old, described as a violent schizophrenic, was also put on suicide watch at the request of his lawyer, who said, "We're erring on the side of caution. It's an extremely tragic situation." more ›

Eric Bellucci, the 30-year-old Staten Island resident suspected of killing his parents in their Annadale home last week, arrived back in New York yesterday and has been awaiting arraignment today. The Staten Island Advance reports that Bellucci's relatives requested that the arraignment be delayed so they could attend the funeral of Arthur and Marian Bellucci this morning, but "It is not clear now whether they'll be attending the arraignment." Another source told the Advance that the schizophrenic Stuyvesant grad "denied killing his parents during questioning with cops." more ›

The Staten Island resident accused of killing his parents in their Annadale home and then fleeing to Israel is now in NYC custody. Eric Bellucci, a 30-year-old whose relatives describe him as schizophrenic, was apprehended at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Avi on Friday and there are reports on why he went to Israel: He was "obsessed with a Jewish heritage he may not even have" and told a friend he was working with the Mossad. more ›

Relatives of Staten Island resident Eric Bellucci were relieved after he was arrested in Tel Aviv, Israel. The 30-year-old Stuyvesant High School graduate is suspected of fatally stabbing his parents in their Annandale home on Tuesday night before fleeing the country, and his relatives "feared he would come back to kill them." His uncle said, "Now he can't harm himself or anyone else. What he did was very dramatic and bad. His sister and brother still love him. We won't exclude him out of the family. But we won't embrace him, either." more ›

The 30-year-old Staten Island resident, who police believe killed his parents in their Staten Island home on Wednesday night, was arrested in Israel today. Eric Bellucci, described as a "brilliant but troubled" Stuyvesant High School and Williams College grad, was spotted by an airport employee at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv at 2:30 a.m. EST. He was "trying to book a flight to Beijing, China via Istanbul on Turkish Air" with his credit card, but when that didn't work, he attempted to get cash and was reportedly acting suspiciously. more ›

Last night, the bodies of a Staten Island couple were found fatally stabbed in their home in the Annadale section—the couple's daughter called police after seeing blood in the front hall (a relative said, "She knew something was bad in there. She didn't want to go in. She left right away and called 911")—and it's believed their son killed them before leaving the country. The Staten Island Advance reports, per its sources, "Eric Bellucci took their Honda pickup truck, drove to Newark Liberty International Airport and fled to Israel, where Israeli and NYPD cops are hunting him today." more ›