What to know
- A 22-year-old Queens man was charged with murder in connection with the fatal stabbings of his grandmother and two aunts last month, the local district attorney said on Monday.
- Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz has announced the indictment of eight counts of Jabari Burrell, who is charged with three counts of first and second degree murder, fourth degree grand larceny and fourth degree felony possession of a weapon.
- The charges Burrell faces are related to a triple homicide that occurred on Nov. 17. According to Katz, citing the indictment, it was on that date that Burrell visited the residence of his grandmother and two aunts in Springfield Gardens. The next day, the three women were found dead from multiple stab wounds.
NEW YORK – A 22-year-old Queens man has been indicted on murder charges in connection with the fatal stabbings of his grandmother and two aunts last month, the local district attorney said on Monday.
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz has announced the indictment of eight counts of Jabari Burrell, who is charged with three counts of first and second degree murder, fourth degree grand larceny and fourth degree felony possession of a weapon.
The charges Burrell faces are related to a triple homicide that occurred on Nov. 17. According to Katz, citing the indictment, it was on that date that Burrell visited the residence of his grandmother and two aunts in Springfield Gardens. The next day, around 9 a.m., a relative and a caregiver entered the residence and found the three women dead from multiple stab wounds, including one of their aunts who was found dead in her medical bed, according to the prosecutor. After the attacks, Burrell reportedly fled the scene in his grandmother’s minivan.
Investigators later recovered bloodstained knives in the bathroom, kitchen sink and from a kitchen drawer, as well as in one of the victims’ bedrooms and living room, Katz said.
Burrell was arrested at about 2 p.m. Nov. 19 off Interstate 95 in Prince George’s County, Virginia in his grandmother’s minivan by Virginia State Police, Katz said.
“This is a heartbreaking tragedy. The defendant allegedly turned against three family members who had opened their home to him, his grandmother and two aunts, one of whom was disabled by cerebral palsy. They were defenseless against his brutal fury. He escaped, but he was extradited and now he will face justice,” Katz said.
Burrell is expected to return to court on January 18. If he’s convicted, he faces life in prison with no possibility of parole.
Information for Burrell’s attorney was not immediately available.
