Ex-Husband Responsible For Massapequa Stabbing That Killed Woman

Massapequa NY

16 March, 2022

4:14 PM

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MASSAPEQUA, NY — The man behind the fatal stabbing of a 29-year-old Massapequa woman was her estranged husband, Nassau County police said. He has also died of injuries he self-inflicted. Police say that 34-year-old Vincent Maiolica stabbed his former wife, 29-year-old Irene Spantopanagos, and an unidentified 22-year-old woman, at the couple's Massapequa home on March 12. He then tried to hang himself, sources said. Officers rushed all three to a nearby hospital. Spantopanagos died on March 13. Police confirmed the attack was an attempted murder/suicide. Nassau County police say that Maiolica died at the hospital on March 14. The 22-year-old woman, who police have not named, is still in the hospital. According to News 12, Spantopanagos and Maiolica were separated. Sources told News 12 that the 22-year-old woman had a relationship of some kind with Maiolica. Spantopanagos and Maiolica had an 18-month-old daughter named Alessia. Friends and family of Spantopanagos have set up a fundraiser to help the girl.