Complaints have been filed charging a 37-year-old man with the Mother’s Day stabbing death of Leydi Lemos-Delagado, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri reported.
According to reports, Mr. Helder Rosa, of Lamberton Street, Trenton, is charged with murder and weapons offenses. He remains hospitalized.
Officials say that the charges are the result of an investigation by the Mercer County Homicide Task Force.
Reports say that at approximately 1:30 a.m., Hamilton police responded to a residence on Steward Street after receiving a 911 call. Police forced entry into the secured home to find both a male and female stabbed.
Ms. Leydi Lemos-Delagado, 32, was pronounced dead at the scene, and Mr. Rosa was transported to the hospital according to police.
Despite having been charged, all persons are presumed innocent until found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.