The family of four was found dead at their West 86th Street home on Monday afternoon.
in what police believe was a murder-suicide have been identified as the apartment building’s superintendent, his wife and young sons, law enforcement sources said – noting that one of the boy’s bodies was so bloodied that they were initially misidentified as a girl.
The 3- and 1-year-old boys’ bodies, in particular, were in such terrible condition when they were found Monday afternoon that investigators initially misidentified them as a boy and a girl, they added. Lopez, Witek, and their sons were found in their home on West 86th Street near Riverside Drive around 3 p.m. Monday, when Lopez’s father called Witek’s younger brother after being unable to contact the family since Sunday, the sources continued.
First responders initially discovered the two children in the living room with several stab wounds and two knives nearby, the sources said.
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