A Bronx ex-con charged with murder after elderly mom found battered in their apartment
A Bronx ex-con was charged with murder after his elderly mom was found fatally battered with a black eye in their apartment this week, cops and law enforcement sources said.
Melvin Arias, 57, was arrested Tuesday evening in connection to the slaying of his mom Francisca Trinidad, 79, who was found unconscious and unresponsive inside the apartment on Grand Concourse near East 156th Street in Concourse Village around 10:30 p.m. Monday, police said.
Trinidad, who was found with a bruise on her right eye and cuts to her hand, was pronounced dead at the scene, cops and sources said.
Arias, who cops say was also charged with manslaughter, assault and criminal possession of a weapon, was ordered held without bail during his Wednesday arraignment, according to city Department of Correction records.
The circumstances leading up to the deadly domestic violence were unclear Wednesday.
Arias served about 2.5 years locked up in state prison on a weapon possession conviction – from April of 1993 to October of 1995, state DOC records show.
