Police found the victim, 32-year-old Veronica Rivera, with her throat slashed, reportedly from ear-to-ear. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Rivera apparently had brought her 2-year-old child to the house for visitation with the child's father, Pedro Ayala. The two parents got into an argument that escalated into violence, police said.
Investigators said another of Rivera's children, a 9-year-old, also witnessed the murder. Police recovered the weapon, a knife, at the scene.
Ayala was taken to Queens General Hospital with a hand injury. Investigators said he called 9-1-1.
Charges against him were pending.
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STORY BY: N.J. Burkett
WEB PRODUCED BY: Bob Monek, Lakisha Bostick
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