Haunting reason maniac targeted innocent victims during a deadly stabbing spree in Manhattan

The vocation transgression accused of fatally stabbing 3 people successful an unprovoked onslaught crossed Manhattan reportedly gave cops a chilling crushed for however helium chose his victims.

Ramon Rivera, 51, allegedly killed 36-year-old operation idiosyncratic Angel Lata Landi, 67-year-old Chang Wang and 36-year-old Wilma Augustin successful his convulsive rampage Monday morning.

He was taken into custody soon aft the 3rd stabbing, erstwhile a brave taxi operator flagged him down to constabulary officers and started to pursuit him down First Avenue.

Rivera past went connected to walk respective hours sleeping successful a holding compartment astatine New York Central Booking - nicknamed the Tombs, a constabulary root told the New York Daily News.  

'He's been sleeping similar a baby, without a attraction successful the world,' the root said. 

When helium yet woke up, Rivera allegedly gave a afloat confession and waived his Miranda rights, according to the New York Post.

He past allegedly told cops helium chose his victims due to the fact that they were 'alone' and 'distracted' astatine the time.

Police person said Rivera's stabbing spree began conscionable after 8.20am erstwhile helium allegedly stabbed Landi successful the abdomen arsenic helium was waiting to beryllium picked up for enactment successful Chelsea.

Just 2 hours later, Rivera besides allegedly fatally knifed 67-year-old Chang Wang 'multiple times successful the body' arsenic helium was sportfishing successful the East River.

From there, constabulary say, Rivera stabbed 36-year-old Wilma Augustin adjacent the United Nations building. She succumbed to her injuries astatine a section infirmary overnight.

Rivera was arrested soon aft stabbing Augustin, which a cab operator saw and reported to police.

The unidentified operator past gave pursuit up First Avenue and called retired to pedestrians to assistance successful the moments earlier cops nabbed Rivera astatine the intersection connected East 42nd Street and First Avenue, according to ABC7.

Shocking surveillance footage aboriginal obtained by constabulary showed Rivera changing retired of a t-shirt and into a sweatshirt, tan trench overgarment and beanie chapeau successful the moments earlier helium approached Landi.

But Monday's stabbing spree was not the archetypal clip Rivera faced ineligible trouble.

He had been released from Rikers Island successful October, aft being arrested connected charges of burglary in the third-degree and battle successful the third-degree successful February, PIX 11 reports.

Police accused him astatine the clip of being liable for a signifier of burglaries involving fume shops and bodegas passim Manhattan, dating backmost to December 2023. 

Rivera yet pleaded blameworthy to the charges successful August and was sentenced to astir a twelvemonth successful prison, but was fto retired aft 8 months of clip served.

But the time helium was released, Rivera was arrested again connected expansive larceny charges, with prosecutors saying helium stole a astir $1,500 acrylic vessel from a Jonathan Adler store successful Tribeca successful December 2023.

Manhattan prosecutors pushed for bail, but a justice ordered him released nether supervision.

In total, Rivera has had astatine slightest 8 different arrests successful the Big Apple and a past of intelligence wellness issues.

He spent respective days successful May successful the psych ward of Bellevue Hospital, wherever cops said helium assaulted a corrections officer.

Rivera besides had 2 different intelligence wellness incidents betwixt November and December 2023. 

Police successful Union City, New Jersey, past arrested him successful January arsenic a fugitive from justness and a fishy successful a theft and Hoboken constabulary took him into custody connected 2 counts of transgression mischief.

But Rivera's transgression vocation extends beyond the New York City metropolitan area, with a 2017 apprehension successful Cleveland, Ohio for assault, and aggregate arrests successful Florida going backmost to 2003 connected charges ranging from home unit artillery to procuring prostitutes to adjacent drunken driving, the Post reports.

Citing that agelong transgression history, Judge Janet McDonnell ordered Rivera held without bail connected some the execution counts and a fugitive warrant retired of New Jersey, pending extradition hearings for unfastened warrants successful the Garden State, Gothamist reports.

Rivera sat stone-faced passim the hearing, adjacent arsenic Assistant District Attorney Megan Joy recounted however helium allegedly attacked 3 radical successful the hours-long frenzy Monday greeting 'with nary provocation.

'Rivera embarked connected a bloody and convulsive rampage that took the lives of 3 guiltless New Yorkers who were doing thing but going astir their day,' she argued.

The fishy did not talk during the hearing, though his lawyer said helium declined to participate a plea until a intelligence wellness valuation is complete. 

In the meantime, Landi's household is calling for justice.

'He was sick, this idiosyncratic killed my member and past went and killed 2 different people,' Vertha Landi told Gothamist.

'I anticipation the politician doesn't fto him out, that helium works unneurotic with different [officials] to support him detained and not fto him leave.'

Landi's 16-year-old nephew who helium was raising arsenic his ain lad besides told FOX 5 helium does not 'understand wherefore if [Rivera] had felonies connected him, and helium had much than 8 charges, wherefore they would inactive fto him out.'

The household said Landi was calved successful Ecuador and came to the United States 20 years agone to enactment and prevention up money, portion besides taking attraction of his nephew, whose parent - his sister- had died.

'This quality is devastating, due to the fact that it near america with a immense hole,' Vertha said, arguing Rivera 'didn't person the close to instrumentality my brother's life.