Posted on 04/05/2024 1:42:17 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn
A Haitian migrant is accused of fatally stabbing his two roommates, also from Haiti, in and around their apartment complex prior to a federal deportation hearing, the New York Post reports.
Kenol Baptiste, 30, was charged with second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter, both of which are felonies, as well as misdemeanor criminal possession of a weapon. Police responded to a stabbing report at a Middletown apartment complex on Monday (April 1) and found one man dead inside a unit and another suffering serious injuries while lying outside on a sidewalk, the Times-Herald Record reported.
The second victim eventually succumbed to the injuries while undergoing surgery at Garnet Health Medical Center. Baptiste was found in a wooded area near the apartment by a police K-9 team shortly after the stabbings took place.
Police haven't yet determined a motive. Baptiste and the two victims, who haven't been publicly identified, were reportedly acquaintances and had shared the apartment for less than a year.
“In follow up with members of the community were are learning that this group of individuals moved in there about a year ago,” Middletown Police Chief John Ewanciw told Mid Hudson News following the suspect's arrest.
Local authorities are still working to determine how Baptiste entered the United States initially. Ewanciw said the Haitian migrant came to the U.S. eight months ago, but police were still working "to track back how, where, when."
Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus said Baptiste was awaiting federal immigration proceedings when the stabbings occurred. Baptiste is currently being held in Orange County Jail and scheduled to make a court appearance on Friday (April 5).
they’ll do anything to stay in our country for free, even murder.
That thought occurred to me.
Another option is retaliation by the families of the guys murdered.
A self-correcting problem.
Such thoughts come from reading too many of my posts.😉
...haven’t yet determined a motive...
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With the exception of self-defense, it’s my opinion that testimony pertaining to “motive” should never be admissible at any trial in which the accused has been charged with a capital crime.
Whatever hellhole sort of jail cell they put him in will likely be more luxurious for him than any lodging he could find in the old country.
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Which is one of the reasons he should be given the death penalty.
Agreed.
Which in my book includes defending someone else too, like stopping a mass shooter or kidnapper.
Which in my book includes defending someone else too, like stopping a mass shooter or kidnapper.
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Yes, of course. I always include (unless I forget or I’m in a hurry) the defense of others who are victims of violent assault. Good catch!
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