Photo Courtesy of Go Fund Me
Victim Jennifer Irigoyen
By Forum Staff
A Rego Park man has been charged with fatally stabbing his pregnant girlfriend in the stairwell of her Myrtle Avenue apartment building earlier this month, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announced on Friday.
Anthony Hobson, 48, was arraigned on Friday on a complaint charging him with second-degree murder, second-degree abortion, tampering with physical evidence, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He was remanded to City Department of Correction custody and ordered to return to court on Feb. 15.
According to the charges, shortly before 1 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 3, surveillance video captured Hobson as he allegedly dragged the victim, Jennifer Irigoyen, 35, from the hallway of her third floor apartment into the stairwell of her Myrtle Avenue building. Shortly thereafter, Hobson allegedly stabbed the expectant mother—who was 14 weeks pregnant—multiple times in the torso, neck and abdomen. Irigoyen, who is survived by a young child from a previous relationship, was transported to a local hospital where she and the unborn child died.
“This was a heinous crime,” Brown said. “A woman was brutally stabbed—killing her and the unborn child. The defendant is alleged to have shown no mercy and no regard for human life when he repeatedly and purposely plunged a knife into this expectant mother’s abdomen, torso and neck. The defendant, now in custody, faces spending the rest of his days locked behind bars.”
If convicted, Hobson faces up to 25 years to life in prison.
As of Tuesday evening, a Go Fund Me page created on Feb. 4 and dedicated to Irigoyen had garnered nearly $25,000.
