Stabbing victim succumbs to injuries, homeless repeat-offending suspect in mass attack remains in NYPD custody

The third victim of a Manhattan stabbing spree died late Monday. Wilma Augustin, 36, was another victim of alleged killer Ramon Rivera, 51, the Daily Mail reported. Rivera, a homeless man with a history of mental illness and criminal convictions, had just been released from Rikers Island before allegedly going on an unprovoked rampage that killed three people.

New York police charged Rivera with three counts of first degree murder, ABC News reported, and he was scheduled to appear in court Tuesday. The stabbings claimed two men before Augustin was mortally wounded. Police arrested Rivera after a taxi driver called and said he saw a man accosting a woman. He thought it was a robbery in progress and he tried to intervene by encouraging pedestrians to stop the attacker.