Found in bathtub: Man decapitated in New York home; girlfriend’s son taken into custody

A antheral was recovered decapitated successful the bath of his Staten Island location successful New York, and his teenage stepson has been taken into custody successful transportation with the killing, constabulary sources told NBC New York.The victim’s sister arrived astatine their Cary Avenue location successful West Brighton aft 4pm connected Monday and saw trails of humor passim the house, constabulary sources said. She past discovered the decapitated unfortunate successful the bathtub.A weapon was inactive successful the 45-year-old man’s cervix erstwhile constabulary arrived, sources added.The victim, whose caput was reportedly severed from his body, was declared dormant astatine the scene, constabulary said.The 19-year-old stepson of the victim’s woman was arrested astatine the determination but has not yet been formally charged, sources and friends told New York Post.His parent said helium has a past of intelligence illness.A neighbour reacted to the killing, saying, "This full satellite is upside down. This is similar a terrible, horrible, to bash this to a idiosyncratic you cognize not adjacent to an animal, you don't bash that."Hugh Nembhard, who has lived crossed the thoroughfare for astir 60 years, told Eyewitness News, "I'm not acquainted with the stepson. I ne'er saw him. I saw the father, but ne'er the stepson. I don't cognize what to marque of it. I don't cognize what to marque of this. This is simply a daze to me. The vicinity has changed."