'It was like something out of The Shining': Man arrested for hacking off woman's hand before stabbing her to death in unprovoked attack in Bronx hallway 

  • Victim Carmen Torres-Gonzalez, 59, was chatting with her mom's home health aide in her hallway when she was attacked
  • Cops say the victim's hand was chopped off and she was hacked to death with a machete
  • Police say the attack was unprovoked and called the suspect a 'psychopath'
  • Neighbors said they called suspect Angel Feliz-Volquez, 25, 'the mental guy'

By Kiri Blakeley For Dailymail.com

Published: 22:27 EST, 24 January 2016 | Updated: 22:48 EST, 24 January 2016

A woman was hacked to death by a man with a machete while standing in the hallway of her own building in an unprovoked attacked, say police.

The woman, identified by the New York Daily News as Carmen Torres-Gonzalez, 59, was reportedly standing in the hallway of the Mott Haven Houses in the Bronx, chatting with her mother's home care health aide on Sunday afternoon, when she was attacked by a 'psychopath,' say police.

The suspect, identified as Angel Feliz-Volquez, 25, lived down the hallway from her on the same floor.

Angel Feliz-Volquez, 25, is taken out of the Mott Haven Houses in the Bronx after allegedly murdering a woman who lived in the same building

Angel Feliz-Volquez, 25, is taken out of the Mott Haven Houses in the Bronx after allegedly murdering a woman who lived in the same building

Feliz (above) allegedly hacked the woman, Carmen Torres-Gonzalez, with a machete and chopped off her hand - one neighbor described him as 'the mental guy'

Feliz (above) allegedly hacked the woman, Carmen Torres-Gonzalez, with a machete and chopped off her hand - one neighbor described him as 'the mental guy'

Cops say the attack was unprovoked and that the woman was chatting with her elderly mom's home health aide when it happened

Cops say the attack was unprovoked and that the woman was chatting with her elderly mom's home health aide when it happened

Neighbors say she was innocently speaking with the health aide when the man attacked, chopping off her hand, and then hacking her to death with a machete, reports the New York Post.

'It’s pretty bad,' a police source told the Post. 'This psychopath chopped her hand off.'

Neighbors described the suspect as 'the mental guy.'

One neighbor, who declined to be identified, compared the grisly scene to the horror movie The Shining, saying, 'It looked like somebody just took a couple of buckets of red paint and poured it down the stairs. We have never seen so much blood.'

Neighbors in the housing project said that the gruesome scene was like the movie The Shining 

Neighbors in the housing project said that the gruesome scene was like the movie The Shining 

People who lived in the building said the unfortunate victim lived with her elderly mom.

'I heard her screaming,' another resident who didn't want to be named told the outlet. 'The screaming was really chilling.'

The suspect apparently returned to his apartment after the gruesome murder, where police were able to nab him.

Neighbors said that the victim's screams could be heard throughout the complex and it was 'really chilling'

Neighbors said that the victim's screams could be heard throughout the complex and it was 'really chilling'

 

 

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