A New York man is behind bars for allegedly stabbing his mother to death inside a home they shared, which sits across the street from an elementary school , just hours after classes let out, cops say.

"They found her upstairs with knives, a bunch of knives sticking out of her and she's dead," a neighbor and Brentwood resident told News 12 Long Island after the Tuesday evening slaying of Melida Velasquez, 59, of Brentwood. "She just came back from El Salvador last week," the neighbor added.

Jason Kurumoglu, 33, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of his mom, who was memorialized by her church in a Facebook post that described Velasquez as a "beloved sister" who will be "deeply missed by her church family and all who knew her."

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