Fatal Stabbing of Anthony Maldonado Raises Questions, but No Lesson
by Michael Daly The first snow of the new year was dusting the sleeping city when a 911 operator entered a report that carried no surprise even in a city that was reporting a record low in murder. "MALE STABBED. .." Then the operator added a truly shocking detail. "VICTIM IS NINE YEARS OLD." Zehawi/Bergen Record /Police say 9-year-old Anthony Maldonado was fatally stabbed at 3:35 a.m. over a Tony Hawk video game A report of a child shot would likely have meant another youngster struck by a stray round or an accidental discharge, but there are no stray knives. Few people are ever stabbed by accident. But who would deliberately plunge a knife into a child? A crazed parent, like the Bronx father in 2002 who stabbed his 10-year-old son because he kept watching TV after being told to turn it off? ...