Crime & Safety
Woman Fatally Stabs Her LI Mother: Police
A woman faces a murder charge after police say she stabbed her mother to death the night before Thanksgiving.
DIX HILLS, NY — A woman was arrested after Suffolk police said she fatally stabbed her mother in Dix Hills on Wednesday.
Officers responded to 2 Carman Court at 9:08 p.m. after a 911 caller said someone was stabbed, police said. Officers found a resident of the home, Josephine Bekatoros, 84, stabbed to death, police said.
Homicide Squad detectives found her daughter, Diana Bekatoros, 51, at her Long Island City home and charged her with second-degree murder, police said.
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Bekatoros is set to be arraigned on Thursday at First District Court in Central Islip.
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