PENNS GROVE, N.J. — A mother fatally stabbed her infant daughter at a southern New Jersey apartment complex Friday, authorities said.
The Salem County Prosecutor’s Office releases the following information: Kristhie I. Alcazar, 26, of Penns Grove, has been arrested and charged with murder pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:11-3A in the stabbing death of her 5 month old daughter.
Late Friday night, December 3, police responded to an open 911 call with audible disturbance in the background. Based upon the 911 call, investigators arrived at Alcazar’s residence on Helms Cove Lane in Penns Grove where they found Alcazar arguing with another person and the body of the deceased infant with visible stab wounds to the chest. Multiple knives and additional evidence were recovered at the scene. The infant’s cause of death has been determined to be homicide as a result of multiple stab wounds to the chest area.
No other persons were injured. The father of the infant was not at the residence at the time of the incident.
“It happened in my community. It happened right next to my house,” neighbor Arthur Edge told WPVI. “I lived next to her for two and a half years, so it’s a shock to me.” […] “It touches home cause I got grandkids and all that. I know the father and the mother, so you know we just got to be here for each other from here on out, and hopefully, this type of stuff stops happening, hopefully.”
