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Haitian migrant fatally stabs his 2 roommates inside NY apartment before deportation hearing: report
Local officials are asking how Baptiste got into the country in the first place.
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Haitian migrant fatally stabs his 2 roommates inside NY apartment before deportation hearing: report
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Published April 5, 2024, 7:17 a.m. ET
A Haitian migrant allegedly murdered his two roommates in an apartment complex in the Hudson Valley as he was awaiting a federal deportation hearing.
Kenol Baptiste, 30, is accused of stabbing the two men in and around an apartment complex he was staying at in Middletown, NY, on Monday.
Police arrived at the Ruth Court apartments after receiving a call about a stabbing.
Officers discovered one man dead inside a unit while a second man was discovered lying outside on a sidewalk suffering from serious injuries, according to the Times-Herald Record.
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Kenol Baptiste was charged with second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter, both felonies, and also handed a misdemeanor criminal possession of a weapon charge. News 12
The second victim was transported to the nearby Garnet Health Medical Center, where he later succumbed to his injuries during surgery.
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