Now, the girlfriend's father is in police custody.
Police say the father got into a fight with Christian Montez, 32, inside a home in Fordham Heights. That is when they say Montez took out a knife and slashed the father in the head.
Montez then died, but it is unclear how he was killed.
The 60-year-old father remains in the hospital.
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