QUEENS, NY – In an update to an ongoing investigation, detectives with the NYPD’s 102nd Precinct have arrested and charged Ovidio Porras, an 86-year-old male resident of Queens, on Thursday, at around 8:40 pm.
Porras is accused of murdering his wife.
His current charges include murder, tampering with physical evidence, and criminal contempt.
The arrest comes in response to police responding to a 911 call on Wednesday, at about 8:20 pm. The police were called to 91-30 91 Street after reports of an unconscious individual, an elderly woman.
When they arrived at the scene, officers found 78-year-old Luz Porras, unconscious and unresponsive at the bottom of a stairway on the first floor.
Mrs. Porras had suffered visible trauma to the face. Emergency Medical Services arrived at the scene, but the woman was pronounced deceased.
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The Medical Examiner’s Office will provide a cause of death.