The NYPD says 28-year-old Miguel Mejia-Ramos was captured early this morning at a vehicle roadblock in Texas.
Police say Mejia-Ramos is considered a suspect in the stabbings. They say he was arrested by US Marshals and local police on a New York warrant. Charges are pending.
The bodies of one-year-old Yaslin Mejia and two-year-old Daniela Mejia and their mother, 21-year-old Deisy Garcia, were discovered in a bedroom of their Queens apartment by other household members on Sunday night. They had been stabbed multiple times in their chests.