LI illegal migrant’s motive for stabbing upstairs neighbor 50 times revealed
A Long Island man, Rony Yahir Alvarenga Rivera, has been charged with murdering his upstairs neighbor and a coworker. Prosecutors allege that Rivera's motive for the first murder was the noise made by the victim's high heels. He reportedly confessed to both killings but has pleaded not guilty in court.
- ▪Rony Yahir Alvarenga Rivera, 22, allegedly stabbed his neighbor 50 times due to noise complaints.
- ▪He later attacked a coworker, Ana Maria de Aguila Cordova, stabbing her over 30 times.
- ▪Rivera entered the U.S. illegally as an unaccompanied minor in 2016.
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Long Island LI illegal migrant’s motive for stabbing upstairs neighbor 50 times revealed By Brandon Cruz and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon Published June 2, 2026, 2:06 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google A deranged illegal immigrant stabbed his upstairs neighbor 50 times inside their Long Island apartment building – all because her high heels made too much noise, prosecutors said Tuesday as he pleaded not guilty to slaughtering two women Rony Yahir Alvarenga Rivera, 22, allegedly told cops that he first hacked neighbor Eddy Raquel Hernandez Castillo to death on April 30 because the racket she made drove him nuts.
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