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Woman stabbed to death during domestic dispute in Bushwick 

Investigators have now arrested and charged 38-year-old Jonathan Fernandez for murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

Sheyla Torres

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Morgan Scott

May 18, 2026, 10:54 PM

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Loved ones of Eryka Caldwell are now left mourning, after police identified her as the woman fatally stabbed in her Bushwick apartment on Sunday morning.

Police say the 41-year-old was stabbed multiple times throughout her body. Her alleged attacker slit her throat with a knife, according to officials.

Jonathan Fernandez, 38, was taken into custody on the scene. He is now charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

Sources say Fernandez and Caldwell were a couple, and this was not the first time police were called for a domestic dispute between them.

However, questions about what led to the violence on that day are still unanswered.

Fernandez is expected to be arraigned in court on Monday night.

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