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Guyanese woman knifed to death by son in New York

May 06, 2011 News

(New York Daily News) An emotionally disturbed man was arrested Thursday for stabbing his mother to death in their Brooklyn apartment.
Ingham Scarder, 27, was taken into custody when police arrived at the Flatbush apartment about 23:00hrs Wednesday and found Alfonette Scarder, 47, near death. She had been stabbed several times, and died after paramedics rushed her to Kings County Hospital, police said.
Ingham Scarder, who police sources said suffers from bipolar disorder, was charged with murder and weapons possession.
A neighbour said she heard banging at the family’s apartment door and then loud shouts before the fatal attack.
“The boy was banging, banging, banging (at the door),” said Johanna Mary, 38.
“After a lot of yelling, I heard nothing. I look out my door again and there were several police in the hallway.”
She then opened her door and saw a gruesome scene.
“I saw a lot of blood on the floor spread around the hallway,” Mary said.
Other residents said Scarder – who hailed from Guyana – had long struggled with her son.
“She couldn’t control what her kid was doing and I think that was one of the problems,” said family friend Desiree Chapman. “She’s a wonderful person – a nice person, in-and-out.”
It’s the second Brooklyn slaying in two days in which a son was arrested for killing his mother.
Atiba Brown, 23, was charged Wednesday with fatally striking his 45-year-old mother, Christiana Jones, with a brick in their Brownsville apartment. She was also strangled with a black cord, police said.

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