Daughter Claims Self-Defense In Brooklyn Stabbing Death Of Father

BROOKLYN, NY — A 20-year-old daughter who stabbed her father outside her Brooklyn home on Tuesday has claimed she acted in self-defense, according to a report.

Josephine Santiago, 20, allegedly told police that she acted in self-defense after her father — who was apparently drunk — punched her, the New York Daily News reported. The daughter said her father “gets belligerent” when he drinks

According to the 20-year-old woman, her father — Jose Acevedo, 41, — allegedly insulted her, and after she told him to leave he punched her.

Santiago is accused of stabbing Acevedo in the chest and back, Patch previously reported. Acevedo was transported to Brookdale University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The 20-year-old is being held in jail without bail on murder and criminal possession of a weapon charges.

The daughter's defense attorney told a judge Thursday that "there is a surface-level, at the very least, self-defense claim here," according to the Daily News report.

Santiago is due back in court on March 10, according to court records.