Overview
- Police responding to a report of an unresponsive woman shortly before 8 p.m. on Saturday found 59‑year‑old Olga Bracero and her 23‑year‑old daughter Kayla Wilson with multiple stab wounds and pronounced them dead at the scene.
- Law‑enforcement sources say investigators believe Wilson stabbed her mother and then used the same weapon to take her own life, and the case remains under active investigation.
- Neighbors identified the victims by name and age and said Bracero had repeatedly asked for help because her daughter was 'fighting demons,' a claim that is reported by residents but not independently verified by police.
- Residents told reporters that Wilson had recently been hospitalized for psychiatric reasons, was placed on medication, and that Bracero warned neighbors the daughter was carrying a knife before the killings.
- The stabbings reopened fears in the brownstone at 386 Second Street after a separate murder‑suicide there in January 2024 and officials say forensic and medical findings could clarify motive and any role of substances or untreated mental illness.