Man Indicted For Fatally Stabbing Mother On Christmas Eve: Nassau DA

MINEOLA, NY — A man has been arraigned on murder and weapons charges for the stabbing death of his mother at her Massapequa apartment on Christmas Eve, prosecutors said.

Jeremy Emmanuel Lopez Ramirez, 27, was arraigned Thursday on charges of second-degree murder and two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said.

He pleaded not guilty and was remanded. Lopez Ramirez is due back in court on February 19.

"The holiday season is a time for families to come together, but this defendant’s alleged actions tore his family apart when he fatally plunged a knife directly into his mother’s heart on Christmas Eve," Donnelly said. "A grief-stricken family was left to spend their Christmas mourning the senseless and tragic loss of their mother, taken from them by the hands of their own blood, according to the charges."

Donnelly said that on December 24, at approximately 6:30 p.m., 57-year-old Josefina Ramirez Montero, was inside her upstairs apartment on Old Sunrise Highway in Massapequa when her youngest son, Jeremy Emmanuel Lopez Ramirez, went to a nearby laundromat.

When he returned, Lopez Ramirez allegedly began attacking his mother with a six-inch knife, puncturing her four times, including a stab wound to the heart, the D.A.'s office said. Lopez Ramirez then left the apartment and allegedly attempted to bury the knife in the ground outside the building.

Patch attempted to reach the attorney for Lopez Ramirez, Nicole Guliano.