Allegedly killed woman in Brooklyn

A Beacon man walked into a Manhattan police station on Aug. 28 and confessed to killing his girlfriend in their Brooklyn apartment in 2014, according to the New York Police Department. He was charged with murder the next day.

Ricky Gonzalez, 34, whose last known address was 153 Tompkins Terrace, allegedly told officers he stabbed Maria Quinones, 58, in March 2014, dismembered her body and put it out with the trash. Quinones was reported missing later that year by her sister. Gonzalez is being held without bail.

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