Make New York Post a Preferred Source A Bronx man allegedly stabbed his 61-year-old mom to death late Monday during an argument inside her apartment, cops and sources said.
Martin Thomas, 43, allegedly knifed Annie Nesmith in the neck and body around 10:15 p.m. Monday inside her apartment on East 208th Street near DeKalb Avenue in Norwood, police said.
Nesmith was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries, police said.
Thomas, who lives about two miles away in Fordham Heights, was arrested and charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon, according to the NYPD.
The mom and son were involved in a domestic dispute before the deadly stabbing, but it was not clear what sparked the feud, law enforcement sources said.
Nesmith was a recent widow who lived with her two grandsons – including Thomas’ son, neighbors told the Daily News.
The other child is the son of Nesmith’s daughter, who died of cancer.
“I’m surprised because they were all so close together,” Nesmith’s friend Justice Willis, 35, told the outlet about the murder.
“They seemed like a good, tight family.”
“She was a nice neighbor,” added neighbor Miguel Torres, 39. “She’s a sweetheart. She’s the kind of neighbor who would come downstairs, knock on your door and give you a plate of food.”
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He has two previous arrests for possession of a loaded gun, from 2010 and 2003, police said.
