Queens Dad Arraigned on Murder Charges in Deaths of Wife, Two Young Daughters

The Queens man accused of stabbing his wife and their two daughters in a jealous rage over photos of the mother with another man has been formally charged in New York, the NYPD says. 

Miguel Mejia-Ramos faces first- and second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon charges, police say. The man is accused of stabbing his wife, Deisy Garcia, after seeing a photo of her with another man on Facebook, prosecutors say, before kissing his two young daughters and killing them too. 

The 29-year-old was arrested earlier this week in Texas after authorities tracked his cellphone. He was returned to New York and arraigned Friday.

His attorney couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

Mejia-Ramos stood over his sleeping wife and two young daughters with a knife after seeing the photo, prosecutors say. Garcia awoke and screamed, and he stabbed her as she got out of bed and ran to another room, prosecutors said. Mejia-Ramos grabbed another knife and stabbed her multiple times in the torso, chest and back, they said.

After the 21-year-old woman was killed, Mejia-Ramos went back to the bedroom where 2-year-old Daniela and 1-year-old Yoselin lay, prosecutors said. He picked up Daniela, gave her a hug and a kiss, asked for forgiveness, then put her back on the bed and killed her, prosecutors said. He then did the same with Yoselin, they said.

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