Police Say Two Women Were With Midtown Pier Fatal Stab Group

MIDTOWN, NY — Officials are looking for two women who they say were with a group of men connected to a fatal stabbing of a New Jersey man on Pier 84 Thursday morning, police said Friday afternoon.

Hugo Morales, 35, a resident of West New York, NJ, died after being stabbed in the chest on July 13 at about 6 a.m., officials said.

Police claim that the stabber is a man sporting a "Caesar hair style," light shorts, a backpack and a small carry-all, walked into the park with four other people who are also wanted for questioning, said police.

Detectives have since added two women to their search and shared additional surveillance footage of them each walking next to a man — one of the pairs walk casually hand-in-hand — down the pier.

Between the two couples walk the remaining three men, according to the edited footage released by officials.

The Daily News reported that Morales may have known his killer and was drinking with them prior to the stabbing, which was captured on surveillance cameras.

Anyone with information in regard to these incidents is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).