Aspiring 22-year-old model arrested in stunning twist to deadly NYC 'home invasion'
Nikki Secondino also is accused of weapons possession after the shocking turn of events. She was led from a Brooklyn police stationhouse late Thursday and appeared to have cuts on her hands. It wasn't immediately clear if those were self-inflicted. It also wasn't known if she had an attorney.
Investigators had spent a chunk of the day Thursday searching for two suspects wearing all black and ski masks, the descriptions Nikki Secondino provided them of the attackers who swooped into her family's Bensonhurst home on 17th Avenue that morning. Then, they say, the web of lies began to unravel.
Nikki Secondino allegedly made statements to detectives indicating she had fabricated the story about the home invasion after stabbing her 61-year-old father, Carlo Secondino, to death, and leaving her 19-year-old sister, Liana, with serious wounds, according to a high-ranking NYPD source.The younger sister was still said to be fighting for her life in the hospital as of the NYPD's last update.
A Brooklyn woman who claimed to police that home invaders stabbed her father to death and injured her sister on Thursday is now under investigation for the crime, multiple law enforcement sources tell NBC New York. NBC New York's Erica Byfield reports. There was no immediate word on a possible motive. Neighbors said officers had visited the apartment in the past, responding to calls about fights between family members.
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