Police in New York City are investigating a woman’s horrifying discovery of her friends dead with their necks slashed in their Brooklyn home.
On Sunday afternoon, the woman went to visit Jacqueline Delyons, 66, and her 91-year-old father, Roosevelt Simmons, at their Cypress Hills home.
She discovered them lying on the kitchen floor with slash wounds and immediately dialed 911, according to police.
Victim’s boyfriend arrested
According to police, Delyons’ boyfriend was at home when the woman arrived. She asked what happened after seeing the bodies, and he allegedly said, “You know what happened.”
Police detained Lewis Kerry, 46, for questioning before arresting him on Monday.
“This is shocking to me. Hubert Walcott, a neighbor, said, “Doesn’t seem like the type of person who would do something like that.”
“I never heard him curse, or anything like that. Darryl Moorer, a family friend, said, “The guy was a good guy, but I have no idea what happened.”
Kerry was charged with first-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, according to police.
Community grieves deaths of father and daughter
Meanwhile, family and friends are mourning the deaths of Delyons and Simmons, whom they dubbed “Bubba.”
“Right now, we’re still trying to wrap our heads around all of this,” said Ramon Berghout, Delyons’ ex-partner. “Jackie was the mother of my son… “A beautiful person.”
“She’s a very friendly person, Jackie,” Walcott explained.
“I’ve been on this block for more than 45 years. “Bubba and Jackie are good people,” Moorer stated. “Bubba used to come to our barbershop all the time, get his haircut on the regular.”
Neighbors said Delyons and Simmons had lived in the neighborhood for decades and they had never noticed any suspicious activity at the house.
