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a new york neighbor teen Accused of cumming your mom’s boyfriend and leaving his head in the bathtub, saying the young man was “relieved” as he was taken away by the police.
Damien Herstel did not resist officers as he was taken from his home, handcuffed and bloody, staten island it was Monday evening “Very quiet,” with a “blank” expression on his face, witnesses said Independent.
19-year-old expected to be charged with murder and aggravated murder in the death of a 45-year-old man followed by criminal possession of a weapon. Police sources said the victim was found with multiple stab wounds to the neck and head – which were removed with a hacksaw.
Sources said Herstel’s 16-year-old sister discovered the decapitated body.
Neighbors gathered across the street Tuesday afternoon, nearly 24 hours after the incident, and recalled the chaotic scene as Herstel’s mother screamed, cried and vomited on the street due to shock.
But as the teenager was led out of the house wearing a black hoodie, sweatpants and Timberland boots that were blood-stained, he didn’t protest at all.
“Honestly he seemed like he was free from whatever was happening,” said Jennifer Diaz, who has lived on the street for three years. Independent In the view. “He seemed relieved. He was very calm … like he was there but he wasn’t there.”
He said Herstel, who had blood splattered on his face, was silent as he was led away and followed the instructions of police officers to get to the car before he was shot.
“It wasn’t all bloody… it wasn’t there. It was empty,” Carmen, another neighbor, said. Independent“He was surprised I think… there was no rough time with the police he was very quiet. No reaction no nothing.”
The teenager reportedly has a history of mental illness and is believed to be schizophrenic, according to a property manager who spoke to local news outlets. Neighbors said the crime seemed “personal”.
“Something was created,” Diaz said. “If you kill someone you kill someone, but to do that is something more personal… but you never know what’s going on behind closed doors.”
The suspect reportedly told his sister he “did something bad,” sources said. The New York PostAnd tried to stop him from seeing the fair scene. The teenage girl reportedly called her mother, who arrived after first responders.
Neighbors recalled how the woman was screaming and thrashing in the street “like crazy”.
“When the EMTs got here he told them ‘there’s no reason to go into the house, you can’t save him,'” Diaz said. “And when the police got here she said her son was in the house and please don’t hurt him.”
“They said it was like a horror house,” Carmen said. Neighboring homes decorated with Halloween decorations added to the terrifying scene.
According to the property manager, the victim was a retired employee of the New York Department of Sanitation who was forced to go on disability due to severe vision loss, a friend of the victim reported. Post,
The man, who has yet to be named, was often seen on his porch smoking a daily cigarette. Neighbors said the family had largely kept to themselves.
“He used to sit in that chair by the window … I used to say hello to him and I said that when I talked to him or knew his name, but I saw him every day,” said a third neighbor, who did not want to be named. Independent.
Neighbors said the incident had shaken them. “You don’t know who you have [nearby] Sometimes, “Carmen Diaz told Independent.
Two of the victim’s friends, Luis Ortiz and Donna Ortiz, said the man was afraid of what had happened to him, and criticized the city’s mental health services for not doing more to help Herstel.
“It’s crazy,” Lewis said. “I can’t even believe I was looking at my friend’s house on the TV screen. And I had to get up and run here because I didn’t want to believe it was true until I saw it with my own eyes.”
“It wasn’t worth it to happen to him,” Donna said. “He was just going to retire and live his life the best way he could.”