Josephine Bekatoros, 84, allegedly stabbed to death by daughter Diana Bekatoros in Dix Hills home
Diana Bekatoros, charged in the fatal stabbing of her mother, is led out of the Fourth Precinct in Hauppauge for arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip on Thursday. Credit: Newsday/James Carbone
A Queens woman was arrested on suspicion of stabbing her 84-year-old mother to death in Dix Hills Wednesday night, Suffolk police said Thursday.
Police responded to a 911 call of a stabbing and arrived at the home on Carman Court at 9:08 p.m. to find the body of Josephine Bekatoros with stab wounds, Suffolk police said in a news release.
Suffolk police respond to the home on Carman Court in Dix Hills home where Josephine Bekatoros, 84, was allegedly stabbed to death Wednesday night. Credit: Neil Miller
Homicide detectives later located her daughter, Diana Bekatoros, 51, at her home at a riverfront apartment building on Center Boulevard in Long Island City and arrested her on suspicion of murder in the second degree, police said. Her arraignment is scheduled for Thursday at First District Court in Central Islip.
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David Olson covers health care. He has worked at Newsday since 2015 and previously covered immigration, multicultural issues and religion at The Press-Enterprise in Southern California.
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