STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The victim of a brutal slaying at a home in West Brighton on Monday afternoon was a 45-year-old retired Department of Sanitation auto mechanic, multiple sources told the Advance/SILive.com.
The victim, identified by sources as Anthony Casalaspro, lived in the Cary Avenue home where he was found decapitated, neighbors said, though public records list a former address in Concord.
Casalaspro lists himself as a Department of Sanitation employee on his Facebook page, though sources said he was retired.
He also indicated he attended McKee High School in St. George.
The morning after Casalaspro’s death, nearby neighbors recalled described seeing him on the block.
“We see him every now and then sitting on his balcony in a chair,” one said. “He kept mostly to himself.”
Currently, police are questioning the 19-year-old son of Casalaspro’s girlfriend in connection with the homicide.
No charges have been filed as of Tuesday at noon.
The remains of stabbing victim Anthony Casalaspro, 45, are removed from a home on Cary Avenue in West Brighton.(Advance/SILive.com | Scott Axelrod)
According to a law-enforcement source, a knife was recovered at the scene of the slaying, at 380 Cary Ave.
Officers responded to an emergency 911 call around 4:20 p.m. on Monday and found the 45-year-old with multiple stab wounds.
EMS pronounced the victim dead at the scene, according to a spokeswoman for the NYPD.
The 45-year-old was found dead inside a bathtub in the residence, a law-enforcement source told the Advance/SILive.com.
The knife was still sticking out of his neck, the source said.
A girl living at the residence arrived home in the afternoon and discovered the gruesome scene.
She found a blood trail in the home, which led to the bathroom, the source said.
A 45-year-old man was fatally stabbed at a home at 380 Cary Ave. on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. Caution tape remains spread around the front of the house where the NYPD investigation continues on Tuesday morning.(Advance/SILive.com | Jan Somma-Hammel)Neighbors describe aftermath
Cary Avenue residents described a dramatic scene in the immediate aftermath of the stabbing.
One neighbor told the Advance/SILive.com she saw an adult woman “crying and throwing up” in the street outside the home.
“He’s dead!” the woman shouted, according to that neighbor’s account.
As first responders arrived at the scene, the neighbor said the woman told EMS personnel “the head is in the tub.”
Two other neighbors who spoke with reporters described seeing police take the person of interest into custody.
They said the young man had blood on his face and boots; one described him as being “calm and respectful” with police.
Homicides at historic low
Staten Island has seen a historic low in homicides in 2025.
Through Sept. 28, just two were recorded in the borough.
That represents the lowest figure at this time of the year since the NYPD created its CompStat system in 1993.
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