Police confirm report that stabbing suspect was found hanged at Elmwood Park motel

UPDATE: Paterson police today officially confirmed a CLIFFVIEW PILOT report yesterday that a 36-year-old city man wanted in connection with the stabbing of his girlfriend earlier in the day was found hanged in a Route 46 motel in Elmwood Park in an apparent suicide.

Photo Credit: *Cliffview Pilot File Photo*

Jerry DeMarco

12/27/2013 4:45 p.m.

Police were called to the Red Carpet Inn around 11 a.m. yesterday following the stabbing on the 900 block of Madison Avenue more than four hours earlier.

Authorities withheld the release of information until next of kin could be notified. A release was then issued today. “Cause of death is an apparent hanging,” it said, in part.

Police said Manuel Olivo Morillo stabbed the 21-year-old victim several times, then fled after being fought off by a neighbor.

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