Crime & Safety

Man Charged With Murder In Midtown Shelter Stabbing

A 49-year-old man is accused of stabbing another man to death in a Midtown hotel shelter on Saturday, police said.

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Stanley Castor, 39 was stabbed around 11:30 p.m. Saturday inside 38 West 31st St. — the site of the Midtown Suites hotel, which has lately been serving as a shelter​.
Stanley Castor, 39 was stabbed around 11:30 p.m. Saturday inside 38 West 31st St. — the site of the Midtown Suites hotel, which has lately been serving as a shelter​. (Google Maps)

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — A man was arrested Monday and charged with murder after a man was stabbed to death last weekend in a Midtown hotel shelter, police said.

Patrick McDonough, a 49-year-old homeless man, faces charges of second-degree murder in the death of 39-year-old Stanley Castor.

Castor was stabbed around 11:30 p.m. Saturday inside 38 West 31st St. — the site of the Midtown Suites hotel, which has lately been serving as a shelter, ABC7 reported.

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Responding to a 911 call, police arrived and found Castor unconscious and unresponsive with multiple stab wounds to the neck, shoulder and arm. He was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital.


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