"The man who allegedly stalked and then stabbed his on-and-off again girlfriend to death inside her Upper Manhattan apartment earlier this month was indicted on a murder charge Tuesday. Court statements revealed during a Tuesday hearing at New York Criminal Court showed just how premeditated the attack was, according to prosecutors. They charged that Lopez's ex-boyfriend Luis Marquez, 41, of the Bronx, allegedly stalked Lopez while she was at a club with her friends."
"Prosecutors said he lay in wait within the stairwell for more than two hours for her to return home. When she arrived, he allegedly went on the deadly attack. Luis Marquez is arraigned in Manhattan Supreme Court after he was arrested for stalking his ex-girlfriend and then stabbing her more than 50 times killing her.Photo Curtis Means for Daily Mail/Pool Marquez allegedly pinned her to the ground and stabbed her in her stomach, throat, and chest at least 20 times."
"It definitely just sounded like arguing, a resident who gave his name as Jay said. She was a very nice person. According to police sources, a cleaner inside of 409 West 129th Street discovered the bloody body of 47-year-old Carmen Lopez near the building's elevators on the third floor during the early hours of Nov. 9. She had been stabbed some 20 times and had only been dead about 15 minutes when she was found."
Luis Marquez, 41, of the Bronx was indicted on a murder charge after allegedly stalking and killing his ex-girlfriend, 47-year-old Carmen Lopez, inside her Upper Manhattan apartment building. Prosecutors said he followed Lopez from a club to 409 West 129th Street, lay in wait in the stairwell for over two hours, then pinned her and stabbed her in the stomach, throat, and chest. Prosecutors said Marquez stabbed her more than 50 times; police and witnesses reported roughly 18–20 stab wounds. A cleaner discovered her bloody body near the third-floor elevators in the early hours of Nov. 9.
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