LI man charged with stabbing wife, 2-year-old daughter to death
Police say the stabbing happened just before 5 p.m. Sunday at the family's home on Jefferson Avenue in Brentwood.
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Police say the stabbing happened just before 5 p.m. Sunday at the family's home on Jefferson Avenue in Brentwood.
The Suffolk County man is facing two counts of murder in the deadly stabbing of his wife and 2-year-old daughter.
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