Man charged with Brooklyn ax attack that left a mom-to-be dead and his girlfriend critical is charged with murder via video link-up from a psychiatric ward
- Jerry Brown, 34, was arrested on Sunday after Saturday morning's horrific ax attack in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn
- He was arraigned on Wednesday via Skype while handcuffed to a hospital bed as he undergoes psychiatric evaluation at a Brooklyn hospital
- Savannah Rivera, 20, who had been two months pregnant, was found with her head nearly severed from her body
- A second woman, Angela Valle, 21, survived and was found bleeding heavily with lacerations to her head and body
- Valle's four-year-old daughter was in the apartment at the time of the attack, but was unharmed
- Brown on Wednesday did not enter a plea to charges of second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon
A Brooklyn man who is accused of attacking his girlfriend with an ax and killing her pregnant friend was arraigned via Skype from his cell in a psychiatric facility on Wednesday.
Jerry Brown, 34, was arrested and charged early Sunday morning with second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in relation to the incident.
He was handcuffed to a hospital bed in Brooklyn and kept silent during the court proceeding, according to the New York Post.
Brown did not enter a plea. He will reportedly undergo further psychiatric evaluation at Woodhull Hospital before his next court appearance on Friday.
He is alleged to have gone on the violent rampage in the early hours of Saturday morning while inside the eighth-floor apartment of Angela Valle, 21.
Medics arrived to find Valle outside her East Williamsburg complex shortly after 1.30am, where she was bleeding heavily with lacerations to her head and body.
Jerry Brown, 34 (pictured), was charged on Sunday with murder, attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon
She told them another female, 20-year-old Savannah Rivera, was dead upstairs.
Investigators proceeded into the apartment to find Rivera unconscious and unresponsive on the living room floor.
Police sources have reportedly told the New York Daily News that her head was 'almost severed from her body and several of her fingers were severed.'
Rivera's distraught family have told the Post that she was two months pregnant with her second child.
Savannah Rivera, 20, (left) who had been two months pregnant, was reportedly found with her head nearly severed from her body. A second woman, Angela Valle, 21, (right) survived the gruesome attack and was found bleeding heavily with lacerations to her head and body
The violence is said to have unfolded in Valle's apartment in East Williamsburg (pictured)
Rivera's sister stated that she was nine weeks pregnant and had only begun telling friends and family about the happy news in recent days.
The deceased leaves behind a three-year-old son named Sebastian.
Meanwhile social media posts show that the suspect, who has a history of arrests for violence including for assault, robbery, burglary and strangulation, referred to himself online as the 'Grim Creepa.'
Just six weeks before the deadly attack his then-girlfriend Valle called him 'Mr. 187' - street slang for murderer.
But social media posts show Brown was dating Valle as recently as last month.
Meanwhile, Valle's four-year-old daughter was also found inside the apartment. She was unharmed, but was taken to hospital for evaluation and observation.
An ax, thought to be the murder weapon, was found in the building's trash compactor.
Rivera was a mother to a three-year-old son named Sebastian, and was two months pregnant with her second child, according to her devastated family
Valle's four-year-old daughter (pictured) was inside the apartment at the time of the ax attack. She was unharmed, but was taken to hospital for evaluation and observation
The person responsible for the attack may have purchased the Mintcraft ax from a hardware store just meters from Valle's apartment
According to the New York Post, the person responsible for the attack may have purchased the ax from a hardware store just meters from Valle's apartment.
An employee at Florama Hardward in East Williamsburg says he remembers the suspect coming into the store and asking for an ax.
'He asked if we can sharpen it for him,' the employee told the publication after presenting the man with a Mintcraft-brand ax for $39.98.
Valle is currently in a critical but stable condition in Elmhurst hospital.
She initially tried to escape her blood-soaked apartment by calling an Uber.
However, the driver noticed she was bleeding heavily and called 911, The New York Post reported. Medics arrived shortly afterward.
21-year-old Angela Valle (pictured) has been named as the surivor of the attack. She escaped the apartment bleeding heavily and with lacerations all over her body.
Valle and Brown (pictured together) were dating and she referred to him on Facebook as Mr. 187, which is street slang for murder
Valle (pictured) is the mother of a four-year-old daughter who was inside the apartment at the time of the ax attack, but was left unharmed
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