Maykoll Lanuza Morales was identified as the suspect wanted by the NYPD in relation to the murder of his ex-girlfriend’s new partner, in an apartment in Queens (NYC).
The New York Police yesterday identified Lanuza and published his photo asking for the public’s help in locating him in relation to the crime that occurred in the early hours of April 12 when Miguel Pérez (41) was stabbed to death while visiting the apartment of Lanuza’s ex-girlfriend (40) on 86th Ave. near one hundred and first St, in Richmond Hill.
The 32-year-old woman, whose name has not been revealed, was also attacked with a knife in the incident that police believe stemmed from a love triangle. According to his family, Pérez was visiting the apartment when he was killed, and they fear that The alleged murderer has fled to his native Nicaragua.
“Right now, my heart is broken,” declared shortly after the murder Each day Recordsdata Blanca Pérez, mother of the victim, 69 years old. “I love my son with all my heart.”
Pérez’s parents are owners and residents of a building located approximately a mile and a half from the place where the crime was committed. The mother said that the injured woman and the suspect had been his tenants for 10 years; However, she moved into her new apartment about two weeks before the homicide, leaving behind the suspect, who is the father of her children.
The injured woman told police that the attacker knocked on her door around 2:20 am, He forced his way in, caused a cut on his forearm and plunged the knife into Pérez’s chest.. According to police sources, the woman She described the victim as her boyfriend.
Police reported that no weapon has been recovered. Pérez worked as a forklift operator for a supply company and also put his skills as a certified mechanic into practice by repairing cars with his father.
Larissa Mendes (41), mother of two of Pérez’s teenage children, was shocked by his violent death. “He was doing very well: he worked hard, he took care of his parents,” Mendes said. Now, “he won’t be there for his children… They have their whole lives ahead of them, and he had it too.”
Perez had been worried that something might happen to him. “I have text messages in which he said: ‘If something happens to me, don’t worry; I already left everything arranged for the children,'” Mendes said. «I asked him why he spoke that way. Now it seems like I’m getting ready.” “Justice must be done,” added María Pérez, sister of the deceased.
No arrests have been made or suspects identified. Anyone with information should call at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Also through the website crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.
In general the domestic and family violence are common problems that are estimated to affect 10 million people in the United States every year. Cases are constant in New York City and neighboring areas, between relatives, roommates, neighbors and couples, even with minor victims. Every day in NYC, an average of about 747 incidents of domestic violence -including assaults, abuses, verbal abuse- and about 65 homicides annually.
In a similar case, last week a drunk man broke into his estranged wife’s home and caused a massive gas explosion that left several NYPD officers injured and homeless people in Queens. Keyonna Waddell was also found guilty of throwing a stick of dynamite into the room where her boyfriend was sleeping, causing him to lose a hand in the explosion on Prolonged Island (NY).
Last month Tomeka Kamwani, a nurse and mother of four, was shot to death by her ex-partner, who later took his own life in a home in New Jersey. Additionally, an 18-year-old Dominican teenager was shot by her boyfriend and then he also took his own life in her apartment in Queens (NYC). Also Brendan Trivisonno (38), suspected of killing his Brazilian girlfriend, died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home, ending a several-hour confrontation in Lyndhurst (New Jersey).
Also in April, Jabari Bush was accused of fatally shooting firefighter Terrence Cramer, his ex-girlfriend’s ex-girlfriend, inside the home the couple shared in Connecticut. In March, Eliud García was accused of invading the home of his ex-girlfriend Basilisa Negrón’s daughter in Harlem (NYC) and fatally shooting her.
Also that month, in a dramatic police turnaround after five years of investigationsShaquille Coke (31) was accused of having conspired to disfigure his ex-girlfriend Nafiah Ikram, throwing sulfuric acid in his face in Prolonged Island (NY). Previously, Justin González, a young man wanted by authorities on suspicion of kidnapping his girlfriend at gunpoint in Jersey Metropolis (NJ), was caught after leading a frantic chase through Brooklyn with NYPD agents.
Previously, a 75-year-old man was charged with the death of his young wife, who disappeared in July 2025 and whose remains were found in two areas in Queens (NYC). Additionally, a man killed his wife and in-laws and then shot himself inside a home where there were three children in New Jersey.
Also that month, Odeylin González, a woman with a history of drug addiction, was arrested as a suspect in the death of her Latino boyfriend inside the supportive housing building in Queens (NYC) where he lived. In January, a 17-year-old girl was shot to death in her home in New Jersey and prosecutors accused her boyfriend as a suspect. Additionally, Albaro Chacón was sentenced for stabbing the mother of his children in front of them at home, and then attempting to clean up the crime scene on Prolonged Island (NY).
In December, José Melo, an ex-convict Fifty Three Year DJ, pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing his girlfriend Naket Jadix Trinidad Maldonado, just hours after proposing to her at a nightclub in New Jersey. Also that month, Chilean Fernando Jiménez Meza was sentenced after pleading guilty to shooting three people, killing his girlfriend’s son in a residential complex in Westchester County (NY).
In October, Shawn Lichtfuss was found dead in his cell in New Jersey a day after a jury found him guilty of killing his wife Stefanie Caraway. Also that month, Asif Qureshi was prosecuted for murder in a court in Prolonged Island (NY), a week after his wife was found suffocated with chemical burns on her face at their home.
In 2024, William DiBernardino Jr. was accused of hiring a couple for nearly $40,000 to burn his ex-girlfriend using acid in New Jersey. In January 2020, a young woman was found dead in New Jersey months after being missing; In the meantime, her ex-boyfriend had confessed to the homicide before taking his own life, while he was out on bail on child pornography charges.
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If you are a victim or suspect that someone is being abused, especially if it is a minor or elderly:
Seek help
- Call 911, 988 or to (800)-942-6906.
- Send the text “WELL” to 65173.
- National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) and www.thehotline.org
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