Shocking Triple Stabbing in The Bronx Leaves Family Devastated and a 19-year-old Man, Jayden Rivera Behind Bars

The NYPD confirmed to Fox News Digital on Thursday that 19-year-old college student Jayden Rivera was arrested and charged on Wednesday evening for the deaths of his father, Jonathan Rivera, 38; his father's girlfriend, Hanoi Peralta, 33; and his five-year-old brother, Kayden Rivera. Rivera is facing charges of murder-multiple victims, murder-intention, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a weapon.

Police responded to an apartment in the Bronx's Mott Haven neighborhood on Sunday morning, where they found the three victims suffering from stab wounds. Each member of the family was unconscious and unresponsive, and EMS pronounced them deceased at the scene.

Shortly following the tragic discovery, speculation mounted that Rivera's teenage son was involved in the murders. The New York Post reported earlier this week that the son, who reportedly attends college upstate, had checked into Westchester County Medical Center shortly following the murders.

NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny revealed at a press briefing this week that Jayden Rivera admitted to medical staff at the hospital that he "did something bad and that he had killed somebody."

Kenny said investigators have learned that the son reportedly told his mom that he "was hearing voices" ahead of the stabbings, which escalated to him believing his dad and his dad's girlfriend "were going to hurt him."

Police said in their initial statement that Jonathan Rivera was found in the hallway of the apartment building with stab wounds to the torso. Peralta was found in the couple's apartment bedroom, and young Kayden Rivera was found on an air mattress with a single stab wound to his chest and eight in his torso.

Police found a small kitchen knife and dented pot on the scene. Kenny said, "It appears that after they were stabbed, the victims were beaten with [a] pot to the point that it was dented."

The suspect was taken to the hospital after he showed up to his mom's apartment following the murders, which is also located in the Bronx, and she called 911.

The shocking stabbings have left the family's loved ones and friends grappling with unanswered questions. Jonathan Rivera's dad, Miguel Rivera, told the New York Post that his son never played favorites with his four children and that there were no signs that the 19-year-old would commit such violence against his own family.

A friend of the family, Eusebio Baez, told the outlet that the couple had just gone on a "paint and sip" date just hours before their killings. Jayden Rivera even babysat his five-year-old half-brother while the couple went out for their last date.

 

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