Lisa Marie Velasquez was visiting her relatives in the Melrose housing project when her telephone pinged. A distraught friend said her boyfriend was beating her in an apartment a few miles to the east in the Bronx. Grabbing a bag, Ms. Velasquez left in a rush. In the end, the urge to save her friend led Ms. Velasquez to a fate similar to her mother’s. She walked into the middle of a domestic battle and was bludgeoned to death by her friend’s boyfriend, prosecutors said.

Source: New York Times August 31, 2018 15:32 UTC