Man Kills Girlfriend In Shared E Harlem Apartment, Police Say

EAST HARLEM, NY — A man is facing murder charges for strangling his girlfriend in their shared East Harlem apartment, an NYPD spokesperson said.

Daniel Arlequin, 34, was arrested Sunday and charged with murder, strangulation, assault and criminal contempt for the death of 48-year-old Tania Gonzalo, police said. Officers responded to their apartment in the Wilson Houses development shortly before 1:30 a.m. and were let into the home by Arlequin.

Gonzalo's body was found in the apartment, but medics could not save her, police said. Police officers arrested Arlequin without a conflict, an NYPD spokesperson said.

Sunday's strangulation is Arlequin's fourth domestic violence arrest since 2018, the New York Daily News reported. Arlequin was arrested in 2018 for throwing an object at Gonzalo, breaking her foot, and was arrested twice in July 2019 for assault and strangulation, according to the report. When Arlequin answered the door on Sunday his hands were allegedly covered in blood, the Daily News reported.