Aug. 6, 2025 By Bill Parry

An Elmhurst man is being held without bail after he was criminally charged in the fatal stabbing of his neighbor on Sunday evening.

Rosendo Lopez, 35, of 40-38 Case St., was arraigned Aug. 5 in Queens Criminal Court on a complaint charging him with murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon a day after he was arrested and booked at the 110th Precinct for allegedly killing 46-year-old Lidio Castro-Cruz in the three-family home on Case Street.

Police responded to a 911 call of a man in need of medical attention at 40-38 Case St. just before 6 p.m. after a neighbor from a first-floor apartment found Castro-Cruz face down on a stairwell in the basement. Upon arrival, officers found Castro-Cruz with a stab wound to the chest.

EMS responded to

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