Overview

• Officers responding to a 4:20 p.m. 911 call found the 45-year-old victim dead in a West Brighton home with his head severed and a knife lodged in his neck, according to police sources.
• The victim’s younger sister discovered the body in the bathtub after following blood trails through the house when her brother allegedly told her he had done something bad, sources said.
• The suspect, identified as the girlfriend’s son, was arrested at the scene and had not been formally charged as of Monday night, authorities and reports said.
• Police are reviewing prior domestic-incident reports linked to the household as part of the active investigation.
• Friends said the victim worked for the New York City Department of Sanitation, was on disability for severe vision loss, and was nearing retirement; officials have not publicly released his name.