A Howard Beach man is being held without bail for allegedly stabbing his elderly father to death in the basement of their Howard Beach home on the night of Saturday Sept. 13.

Carl Muraco, 25, of 159-03 102nd St., was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court the following day on a complaint charging him with murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon.

Police from the 106th Precinct in South Ozone Park responded to a 911 call of an assault in progress inside the home just before 11:45 p.m. During his arraignment, Assistant District Attorney Jennie Evangelista said in court that when officers arrived on the scene, Muraco told them to “check on the guy downstairs. See if he’s OK,” according to the New York Post.

The officers went to the cellar, where they found 76-year-old Jo

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