A 22-year-old mother was found stabbed to death inside a Bronx park early Sunday, and the father of her 2-year-old son was accused of killing her and trying to cover up his bloody tracks.
The body of Jasmine Gonzalez of the Bronx was discovered in Bronx River Park after her ex-boyfriend — the alleged killer — called 911 at 5:58a.m., claiming he had stumbled upon the corpse while walking a dog belonging to the dead woman’s family.
Khiry Borden, 25, was taken into custody after police found his book bag, containing bloody clothes, in the Gonzalez family home just seven blocks from the park, relatives said.
He was charged Sunday night with murder, manslaughter and weapons possession, police said.
“He came back here while everybody was sleeping. He changed his clothes to a new set of clothes he had in his bag,” Gonzalez’s sister, Jayselle, told the Daily News.
The sister said police found Borden’s book bag behind a curtain in the living room of the family’s E. 225th St. house. Inside it were a pair of bloodstained jeans and a towel, along with an empty package for kitchen knives, Jayselle Gonzalez said.
After hiding the bag, the ex-beau woke up the victim’s mother, the grieving sister said.
“He asked my mom for the dog chain. So my mom gave it to him,” she said. “So, I guess when he took the dog down there (to the park), he made it seem like he was walking the dog and found his baby’s mom dead.”
Police said Jasmine Gonzalez, whose body was found in the park near E. 226th St. and Bronx Blvd., was stabbed multiple times in her midsection. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Gonzalez’s inconsolable family rushed to the park from their house when they learned what happened.
“That’s my little sister laying down over there,” said her sobbing brother JJ.
“Oh my God! Oh my God! That’s her,” said Gonzalez’s mother, who was not identified.
The mother identified a hat lying near her daughter’s body as belonging to the ex-boyfriend, whom she called “the devil.”
Jasmine Gonzalez suffered from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, her family said. She recently lost custody of her toddler, Khiry’amir Borden, after getting into a fight with the child’s father, Jayselle Gonzalez revealed.
She said the father was given custody of the boy, even though he lived in a Brooklyn homeless shelter.
“They got into a dispute,” the sister recalled. “It was physical and the baby was around when it happened. So they took both of them to jail. They called child services on my sister.”
She said an uncle was caring for the child Sunday.
Police said Borden has seven prior arrests. Those crimes include slapping a pregnant woman in the Bronx in 2010 and robbing a 17-year-old girl, cops said.
“My mom is going through it right now,” Jayselle Gonzalez said. “That was my only sister. I was crying this morning, but I feel like, am I going to cry forever? She’s gone. There’s nothing I can do to bring her back. She’s always going to live in my heart.”
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