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The man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death and leaving her remains in her bathtub has been put on suicide watch.
Candido Rodriguez, 51, was arrested on Thursday in connection with the murder of Melanie Woods, 33, who was discovered on Tuesday with multiple stab wounds and a slash across her neck.
He wailed and cried uncontrollably as he was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on Friday on charges of first-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
Prosecutor Marcella Lupski alleged that Rodriguez stabbed Woods more than 20 times in her neck, torso and legs after he waited for her to return to her apartment from a dog walk.
His defense lawyer Jessica Horani pleaded with Judge Michael Ryan for her client to receive immediate medical attention, and he was remanded without bail and placed on suicide watch.
The man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend (pictured) to death and leaving her remains in her bathtub has been put on suicide watch
Candido Rodriguez (pictured), 51, was arrested on Thursday in connection with the murder of Melanie Woods, 33, who was discovered on Tuesday with multiple stab wounds and a slash across her neck.
Woods (pictured) 33, was found dead in the tub inside her home on Second Ave. near E. 117th St. around 6 p.m. Tuesday after a panicked friend called police asking them to check on her
Woods was scheduled to go to California but did not make the flight, which concerned her mother and her friend who tracked her phone’s location to her apartment
Rodriguez and Woods were in an on-off relationship, and she told him not to contact him anymore, according to the prosecutor.
The defendant allegedly sent her a series of one sided messages which were angry and hostile before he went to her apartment building at around 6am on April 23.
Woods returned from her
