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A dad accused of sending his estranged girlfriend plunging to her death from a 15th-floor New York City balcony while she clutched their eight-month-old daughter flashed an evil smirk as he was perp walked. Angel Carrasco, 31, was taken into custody by US Marshals and NYPD officers on Wednesday. The arrest came a day after 23-year-old Nathaly Ramirez plunged from her apartment in the Bronx early on Tuesday. Carrasco allegedly shoved the young mother from the balcony while she held their daughter, also named Angel. Disturbing footage of Carrasco showed him being escorted by officers while grinning wildly. He rocked...

Although police have not released the name of the victim, a woman who identified herself as a friend created a GoFundMe page and identified her as 21-year-old Alexa Carrasco. “She was rushed to the hospital” and was in intensive care with “life-threatening injuries,” wrote the friend, Leslie Hernandez. She told The Times on Monday that Carrasco remained in critical condition in the ICU but was stable. Carrasco’s friends also told KCAL-TV that she suffered severe skull injuries as well as a cracked rib, punctured lung and broken leg. “Alexa is loving, outgoing, and full of life,” Hernandez wrote. “She’s the...