{"id":349298,"date":"2026-09-17T14:24:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/349298\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T14:24:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:24:52","slug":"husband-of-murdered-brooklyn-woman-struck-her-on-back-of-the-head-with-tool-da","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/349298\/","title":{"rendered":"Husband of murdered Brooklyn woman struck her on back of the head with tool: DA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The husband of a murdered Brooklyn woman, who was arrested by police with the help of the victim\u2019s son<\/a>, hit her on the back of the head with a tool after the couple argued, prosecutors said Thursday.<\/p>\n

Mauricio Granda was arraigned in Brooklyn Criminal Court shortly after midnight for the murder of his 59-year-old wife, Maria Ines Granda.<\/p>\n

Maria Granda was found dead<\/a> with a head wound in the couple\u2019s apartment on 79th St. near Third Ave. in Bay Ridge about 9:30 a.m. Monday.<\/p>\n

After Granda, 47, was taken into custody, he confessed to hitting his wife with an object after a quarrel, according to prosecutor Tziyonah Langsam.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the precinct, defendant waived Miranda warnings and stated in sum and substance that on Sept. 12 he used a tool and struck the (victim) on the back of the head,\u201d Langsam said in court.<\/p>\n

\"MauricioMauricio Granda, charged with murdering his wife, Maria Ines Granda, during his arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court on Thursday. (Robert Mecea \/ Pool)<\/p>\n

Granda appeared before the judge with his hands cuffed behind his back wearing cargo shorts and a T-shirt with a skull motif. He did not speak other than to utter \u2018good evening,\u2019 in response to the judge\u2019s same greeting.<\/p>\n

Granda spent much of the proceedings face forward, with eyes closed, head tilted to the ceiling.<\/p>\n

Granda was arrested in Sunset Park later that day after Maria\u2019s son, Fortino Vasquez, tracked him down to his old apartment and prevented him from fleeing in the dead woman\u2019s car by blocking him in and calling the cops.<\/p>\n

\"MariaMaria Granda, whose maiden name is Maria Ines Sanchez, with her dog, Canelo. The woman was found dead in her Bay Ridge apartment. (Courtesy of Fortino Vasquez)<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething told me to head there,\u201d Vasquez said. \u201cWhen I approached 52nd Street, that\u2019s when I I recognize my mom\u2019s car and, as I get closer, I see that he\u2019s inside,\u201d Vasquez said. \u201cI was blocking traffic and cars were honking. But I wanted to stay put.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vasquez, who had not heard from his mother since Saturday, requested a wellness check on Monday after getting a call from her employer that she had not shown up for her job as a pre-kindergarten teacher. When cops went to her apartment, they found her dead face-down on her living room floor with a wound to the back of her head, Langsam said.<\/p>\n

\"AA 59-year-old woman was found dead with a head injury inside a Brooklyn apartment on 79th St. near Third Ave. in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn on Monday. (Kerry Burke \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Shortly before Granda was arraigned, his aunt, Yolanda Granda Trivino, 73, appeared in the same courtroom<\/a> and was charged with assault, menacing, harassment and criminal possession of a weapon.<\/p>\n

Trivino allegedly struck Vasquez with a dog leash when Vasquez spotted her with his mother\u2019s beloved 3-year-old goldendoodle, Canelo, and reclaimed the dog about 11 p.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\"MauricioMauricio Granda, charged with murdering his wife, Maria Ines Granda, during his arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court on Thursday. (Robert Mecea \/ Pool)<\/p>\n

Vazquez said his older brother purchased the dog for his mother.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy family was really worried about the dog,\u201d he said. \u201cIt gave some closure. Just knowing he\u2019s safe and where he really belongs is great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trivino was released without bail after pleading not guilty.<\/p>\n

Granda, charged with murder, was ordered held without bail and is due back in court Sept. 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The husband of a murdered Brooklyn woman, who was arrested by police with the help of the victim\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,265],"class_list":["post-349298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}