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Detectives: Leonia Woman's Killer Slipped Out, Then Circled Back When Daughter Woke
A Paterson gang member now charged with killing a Leonia woman in the garden apartment she shared with her daughter ran out when he heard the girl wake up, then circled back as if he was just arriving, investigators said.
Nile Diakos, 35, was recorded on phone calls and in texts admitting that he killed Alicia Arnone by stabbing her in the neck and chest last Saturday, March 26, according to court papers.
Authorities originally charged her former live-in boyfriend, Andrae Daniels of Lodi, with killing Arnone, 35.
But new information emerged that led them to drop murder charges against him…
Man Stabbed To Death In Trenton, Prosecutor Says
A man was stabbed to death in Trenton Wednesday night, authorities confirmed.
Responding officers found Leonardo Fernandez, 32, with several stab wounds to the torso on the 500 block of Whittaker Avenue shortly after 5 p.m., Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said Thursday.
Fernandez, of Trenton, was rushed to Capital Health Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead, Onofri said.
The investigation is ongoing, and no arrests have been made, authorities said. Anyone with information is urged to call the Mercer County Homicide Task Force at (609) 989-6406 or send an email to mc…
