Residents at this 7 story Walton Avenue apartment building are still in shock after 34-year-old Miguel Matias their superintendent strangled and stuffed his 14-year-old daughter in the boiler on Saturday morning.
This brutal violence came after a heated argument between Anna Matias and her father when he caught her using instant messenger to chat with a boy on his computer. Tiffany Hopkins a building resident explains that Miguel’s sister was in the apartment at the time of the murder in the other room and she said that she heard them arguing but she “didn’t think anything of it.” Little did Miguel’s sister know that Anna was in the other room taking her last breath.
Ms. Hopkins described him as “quiet. He always said hello when passing and he seemed normal.” She also described Anna as happy, playful, and always dressed in the latest fashions.
Anna Matias lived with her mother in Pennsylvania and only visited her dad on the weekends. This arrangement came after her father dosed a car that she and her mother Jocelyn was in and tried to burn them alive.
Teary eyed Ms. Hopkins shakes her head, “It makes no sense; he tried to burn her alive before and he was still allowed to have unsupervised visits. It seems like he finally finished the job and I hope he burns in hell for it.”
Did this guy have a history of mental illness? I can’t believe that this could just come out of nowhere without any prior warnings.
This is a terrible tradegy. I cant understand why the Mother would send the child to spend the weekend after what he had threatened to burn them up in the car. His parental rights should have been taken away.
I agree with kmindley. It’s ridiculous that this girl would be allowed to be left alone with a man who had previously tried to kill her and her mother. It’s a horrible loss for her mother, but something was not right with her for leaving her daughter alone with Miguel after the first incident.