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Suspect in triple NYC homicide arrested in Texas

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Police say the father of two young girls found stabbed to death along with their mother in their New York City home has been arrested in Texas.

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.
 

Members of Garcia's church say she and her daughters were from Guatemala.

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First Published: Jan 21 2014 | 7:24 PM IST

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