{"id":335781,"date":"2026-09-02T08:44:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/335781\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T08:44:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:44:25","slug":"bank-of-america-exec-killed-by-times-square-maniac-was-a-new-mom-who-had-just-returned-from-maternity-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/335781\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank of America exec killed by Times Square maniac was a new mom who had just returned from maternity leave"},"content":{"rendered":"

The tragic Ivy League banker fatally stabbed by a maniac in Times Square was a new mom who had just joyously celebrated her baby\u2019s baptism and returned to work after maternity leave, online posts show.<\/p>\n

University of Pennsylvania grad Erin Piacenti, 32, of Chester, NJ, posted a touching photo only four days before her murder of herself smiling broadly while holding her infant and standing with her husband \u2014 and wrote how happy she was, the New York Times reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Piacenti, also a Fordham Law School graduate who ended up working for Bank of America, said in the post that she was grateful for getting five months off to care for her new daughter, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n

Erin Piacenti, 32, died at the hospital after being stabbed in a \u201crandom and unprovoked\u201d attack near West 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue on Wednesday. Linkedin\/ Erin Piacenti<\/p>\n

A new mom, Piacenti had just returned from maternity leave to her Bank of America job before the fatal stabbing. Facebook\/Erin Piacenti<\/p>\n

She noted that the baby had been recently baptized and how she and her husband, who she just celebrated a second wedding anniversary with<\/a>, had been traveling around, including to Long Beach, NJ, Maine and Rhode Island.<\/p>\n

Piacenti was just a \u201cbeautiful, beautiful girl,\u2019\u2019 her grandmother told the Times.<\/p>\n

Pamela Cisneros, 49, killed Piacenti and stabbed another person before being shot by police. @bboypop97\/Instagram<\/p>\n

The banking exec was knifed to death by mentally disturbed mom of three Pamela Cisneros, 49, during a random attack Monday afternoon in the heart of Manhattan\u2019s theater district. Cisneros also stabbed and wounded another passerby before cops shot her dead.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic loss of our colleague,\u2019\u2019 Bank of America said in a statement of Piacenti \u2014 who attended Villa Walsh Academy, a private girls\u2019 Catholic school, in Morristown, NJ, before going on to a prestigious college and post-grad career.<\/p>\n

Follow the latest on the tragic stabbings in Times Square:<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was a valued teammate who will be greatly missed. Our hearts go out to her family and all of her loved ones,\u2019\u2019 the banking giant said.<\/p>\n

Fordham Law in Manhattan added in a statement, \u201cWe are heartbroken to learn of the tragic and senseless loss of our alumna, Erin (Guiltinan) Piacenti.<\/p>\n

\u201cErin and her husband, Frank, graduated in 2021 and have been cherished members of the Fordham Law family.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring this devastating time, our thoughts, prayers, and deepest sympathies are with Frank, their families, and all who knew and loved Erin.\u201d<\/p>\n

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