Husband stabs wife, hangs himself in the Bronx

A man stabbed his wife and then hanged himself during a crazed quarrel inside their Bronx home early Monday, police said.

The man and his 49-year-old wife were arguing inside their third-floor apartment on Grand Concourse near E. 198th St. in Fordham Manor at about 5:30 a.m. when he grabbed a knife and stabbed her as she lay in bed, according to NYPD sources.

A man and his wife were arguing inside their third-floor apartment on Grand Concourse near E. 198th St. in Fordham Manor at about 5:30 a.m. when he grabbed a knife and stabbed her as she lay in bed.
A man and his wife were arguing inside their third-floor apartment on Grand Concourse near E. 198th St. in Fordham Manor at about 5:30 a.m. when he grabbed a knife and stabbed her as she lay in bed. (Luiz C. Ribeiro/for New York Daily News)

The 66-year-old man then hanged himself from a fire escape, a source said.

The victim had recently moved back into the apartment, the source added.

NYPD 52nd Precinct officers are pictured outside the Bronx apartment where the incident took place Monday morning.
NYPD 52nd Precinct officers are pictured outside the Bronx apartment where the incident took place Monday morning. (Luiz C. Ribeiro/for New York Daily News)

EMS rushed the woman to St. Barnabas Hospital, where she was in critical condition.

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