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Man Gets 24 Years For Fatally Stabbing Weehawken Woman: Prosecutors

A 24-year-old Weehawken resident was sentenced to 24 years in state prison on Friday, Sept. 8 for stabbing a woman in the neck in June 2021, prosecutors.

Vincent Palacios

Vincent Palacios

Photo Credit: Hudson County Prosecutor's Office

Vincent Palacios had previously pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in the death of Michelle Castillo, a 24-year-old Weehawken resident, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.

On June 19, 2021, Weehawken Police responded to 561 Hudson Ave. and found Castillo unresponsive in the bathroom, Suarez said. She was soon pronounced dead and the cause of death was determined to be from stab wounds to the neck, Suarez said. Palacios was arrested soon after in Union City, Suarez said.

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