A teen who went through a mistrial last year for the murder of WABC Radio newsman George Weber was found guilty yesterday. John Katehis, now 18, was found guilty of second-degree murder for stabbing Weber upwards of 50 times in March 2009 inside Weber’s Carroll Gardens apartment after responding to his sex ad on Craigslist. And according to the Post, Katehis broke into "a wide grin" after the verdict was announced. more ›

Back in 2009, Gerardo Sanchez stabbed a man on a D train after demanding a seat. Yesterday, he was sentenced for 25 years in prison. more ›

A woman was charged with manslaughter for the fatal stabbing of her 18-year-old son in their Upper West Side apartment on Friday night. Calls to 911 had been made about a stabbing and when police arrived, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said that Yvonne Hines "came to the door with a rag covered in blood and there was a body on the floor." more ›

An 18-year-old died after being stabbed in the leg at his family's Upper West Side apartment. Police arrived at the home at the Wise Towers housing project on West 92nd Street after receiving numerous calls about a stabbing around 11 p.m. last night. The teen, Sean Hines, was dead when they arrived and his mother and stepfather were taken into custody. more ›

Investigators are focusing on the spurned boyfriend in the murder of 16-year-old Kyanna Thomas, who was stabbed in the throat and left to die on a street corner in Brownsville early Sunday morning. Thomas, who lived in Queens with her mother, a Department of Correction captain, was staying with her aunt on the night of the murder. Her family says she sneaked out to attend a party, and sometime after 3 a.m. she used her cell phone to call 911 as she lay dying in a pool of her own blood. more ›

A 16-year-old Queens girl who was visiting her aunt in Bed-Stuy was fatally stabbed on a street corner around 3 a.m. Sunday. Kyanna Thomas, who planned to apply to veterinary school, sneaked out of her aunt's house for unknown reasons in the middle of the night. "She left the house some time, they don't know what time, and next thing they heard was that she was hurt," Ken Thomas, Kyanna's grandfather, tells NY1. "And by the time we got to the hospital, she was gone. Somebody stabbed her in the neck." more ›

It's not clear what caused the pair to argue, but Schwartz called 911 and he stayed in the apartment when the police arrived. A relative told the Daily News, "I just can't believe it. She loved him, because he's her son - but he gave her some problems... She did not have an easy time with her children. Jonathan wasn't working. He was spoiled." more ›

Police Commissioner Kelly spoke out about the stabbing death of Bronx high school football star Isayah Muller, who was killed hours after graduating from Truman High School. Referring to the violent confrontation between Muller and his father Andre versus parking garage attendants that the father suspected of a stealing graduation gift, Kelly said, "What a tragedy. [Andre] Muller was the aggressor." more ›

The public relations executive accused of brutally stabbing his girlfriend in their Lower East Side apartment last month was arraigned on murder charges yesterday. According to court papers, Raul Barrera, 33, told the police, "We were fighting over a butcher knife. I hit her in the back. There's a lot of blood... She is bad and that's why I'm here to turn myself in." more ›

Monday afternoon the police found the brutally sliced up body of 58-year-old ABC studios employee Sharon Lee-Hill in the Queens apartment she shared with her younger sister. Cops have since taken Hill's sister into custody in the case, but neighbors are seething because officers never responded to a 911 call Sunday night reporting a noisy argument in the sister's apartment. more ›

Police are looking for the 41-year-old sister of Sharon Lee-Hill after the Queens woman was found brutally stabbed to death in the apartment the two shared. Lee-Hill,58, was found around 2:45 p.m. yesterday with "stab wounds to her hands, arms, legs and chest—and her ears and nose had been sliced off," according to police sources. more ›

A 42-year-old Brooklyn man was fatally stabbed in the groin last night after having an affair with his accused killer's wife. Leon Leslie died at Brookdale University Hospital early this morning, and Alrick Holding has been arrested and charged with murder. Leslie's uncle Ansel says that he found Holding standing over his nephew, who was lying in a pool of blood, and when he tried to intervene, Holding turned on him. "If I didn't kick him down, he would have killed me," Ansel told the Daily News. more ›

Police says it's still investigating the murders of a Brooklyn mother and daughter who were founded brutally stabbed in a Brooklyn apartment last week, but many think that a likely suspect will never be brought to justice because the mother's boyfriend, an ex-Russian military man known as a "Russian Rambo," has fled to Russia. But Nikolai Rakossi's sister claims he's remorseful—and even thinks he's dead—telling the Post, "He was in tears. He told me: 'Please don't keep any offense in your heart about me. Forgive me. You will never see me again.' more ›

The NYC Transit dispatcher accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend and leaving her in a bathtub sobbed while being taken from the police precinct. Brian Sohtz, 36, told reporters, "I loved Daniella. I'm sorry to her family. I'm sorry for my children." more ›

A man was arrested for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend to death and leaving her in his Bensonhurst apartment's bathtub yesterday. Brian Sohtz, a NYC Transit dispatcher, was apprehended after allegedly calling his ex-wife and telling her, "Hey, I just killed my girlfriend. I just want to come out and see my kids one last time." The ex-wife then called the Suffolk County police, which contacted the NYPD. more ›

As family and friends mourned Sarah Coit, the 23-year-old who was stabbed to death over the weekend, more people came forward with stories about Raul Barrera, the man who allegedly confessed to killing Coit in their Lower East Side apartment. Barrera's father, who convinced him to turn himself in, gave his sympathy to the Coit family and spoke about his son: "He's a good person. I'm sure it was the passion in the moment...If I could see [the Coit's] in person, I'd tell them my heart goes out to them," Raul Barrera Sr. told the Post. more ›

Early Sunday morning, police found a 23-year-old woman who suffered numerous stab wounds—her head was allegedly nearly decapitated—in her Lower East Side apartment at 63 Clinton Street. Police say that Sarah Coit's boyfriend, Raul Barrera, confessed to the brutal crime, and a person who heard Coit's screams told the Post, "My friend who lives here told me this has been going on for a while. They've been fighting like that for months." more ›

Earlier this month, a woman was fatally stabbed in the Midtown hair salon where she worked. Police immediately pegged Denise Kenny's murder on her ex-con husband, Mike Kenny, who they said left "a trail of bloody footprints as he bolted with stolen cash" from the salon. Kenny was arraigned yesterday on murder charges, and his rambling, profane confession/statement was released: "Is my wife okay? Do you know I stabbed her? Seven times. With a knife," he allegedly told cops the day of the murder. more ›

A woman was fatally stabbed in the Midtown hair salon where she works and police say that her ex-husband was the one who killed her. According to the Daily News, coworkers heard "bloodcurdling screams" as 41-year-old Denise Kenney "was stabbed repeatedly in a bathroom" at D'Galina's Center Unisex Salon near West 35th Street. And suspect Mike Kenney left "a trail of bloody footprints as he bolted with stolen cash." The salon's owner said, "He looked at me with crazy eyes." more ›

The death of a 22-year-old woman in a Brooklyn public housing project now seems to have been prompted by $20 she loaned her boyfriend's sister. Kamisha Richards died of a stab wound to her torso on Monday and it turns out that she had been arguing on Facebook with Kayla Henriques for hours. One Sunday, Richards wrote "[this is the] last time u will con me into giving u money," to which Henriques replied Ten minutes later, Henriques wrote, "Dnt try to expose me mama but I’m not tha type to thug it ova facebook see u wen u get frm wrk," and at another point, "B---h man up ... I'm here make a move." more ›

Yesterday, police responded to a call about an assault at the Cypress Public Housing project and when they arrived, they discovered a 22-year-old who was stabbed in the torso. Kamisha Richards was pronounced dead at the hospital and sources tell the Daily News she had been in "a heated argument over $20 she lent her boyfriend's sister." more ›

Accused slasher Maksim Gelman is currently being held in the Bellevue psych ward after failing the intake physical and mental exam at Rikers Island, and yesterday he gave a chilling interview to reporters. On one hand, he admitted, "Sometimes, my mind isn't right," and said of his stabbing rampage, "The proof is in the pudding. I'm trying to make my peace with God!" But lest you think he's actually taking responsibility for his alleged action, he also ranted, "The DEA set me up. They were there the whole time. They let this happen, they're going to kill me. It's a conspiracy." more ›

Triple murder suspect Maksim Gelman's 28-hour rampage, during which he is accused of stabbing seven people as well as fatally striking a pedestrian with a car, ended Saturday morning after he attacked Joseph Lozito on the uptown 3 train. It seems that Gelman messed with the wrong guy: "You better hope I f---ing die, because I’m going to kill you if I don’t," Lozito shouted at Gelman after he had been apprehended by police. more ›

Authorities are still trying to make sense of triple murder suspect Maksim Gelman's 28-hour stabbing spree. Gelman is accused of stabbing his stepfather, his ex-girlfriend and her mother to death on Friday, as well as stabbing four others (two carjacking victims, a livery cab driver, and a subway passenger) and fatally striking a pedestrian with a car. Before he stabbed his last victim on the train, he allegedly said, "My girlfriend ruined my life!", referring to ex-girlfriend Yelena Bulchenko. But according to Bulchenko's friends and relatives, it seems that Gelman was barely her boyfriend, and mostly obsessed with her from afar. more ›

Police were seeking a 23-year-old man suspected of stabbing his stepfather to death earlier this morning, but now the hunt for Maksim Gelman is more urgent after he allegedly fatally stabbed his girlfriend and her mother this afternoon. Gelman also apparently stabbed a man before stealing his car and then, while driving, struck a pedestrian. more ›

A Bristol, Connecticut man is behind bars after a stabbing rampage that left one dead and three others injured at a party on Saturday night. According to the Hartford Courant, Marc Higgins "told investigators he became enraged because people were criticizing him for passing gas, police said... [He] stormed out of the party, came back armed with three knives and started stabbing people indiscriminately, according to court documents released Monday." more ›