Officers found the bodies of Angela Trejo and her daughter Alma Barberena in the basement of a Crescentville home Tuesday afternoon.
Officers responding to a report of a person with a gun” on the 6000 block of Bingham Street discovered the bodies of Alma Barberena, 58, and her mother, Angela Trejo, 75, in a basement. Both women had been stabbed multiple times, police said, and were pronounced dead at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday.Leandro Barberena, 43, Alma Barberena’s husband, was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of murder, tampering with evidence, and related crimes, said Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore.
“They were excellent neighbors, and it’s hard to believe,” Jack Burkhardt, who has lived across from the home where the stabbing occurred for more than 50 years, told NBC10.
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