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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) — A 19-year-old man is accused of decapitating his stepfather with a hacksaw in their Staten Island home on Monday, according to police and sources.
Damien Hurstel was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the death of 45-year-old Anthony Casalaspro, police said Tuesday.
The suspect is currently in the hospital after suffering a medical episode, police said. Hurstel is expected to be arraigned in court on Wednesday morning.
The victim was found in a bathtub with multiple stab wounds to his head and neck in the home on Cary Avenue in West Brighton at around 4:30 p.m., according to sources. Sources said a 16-year-old girl made the gruesome discovery and called 911.
The motive remained unclear. Sources said Casalaspro’s wife and the suspect had filed numerous domestic violence complaints against him.
Police said Hurstel has no prior arrests and no history of being emotionally disturbed.
Casalaspro was a retired Department of Sanitation worker, according to the property manager.