WEST BRIGHTON, Staten Island (WABC) -- A 19-year-old stepson has been taken into custody after his 45-year-old stepfather was found stabbed to death on Staten Island on Monday, according to police sources.

Officials say police received a call for a person stabbed at 380 Cary Ave. in the West Brighton section just before 4:30 p.m.

When officers arrived, they discovered the 45-year-old victim in the bathtub with multiple stab wounds to his head and neck.

The victim was pronounced dead.

"This whole world is upside down. This is like a terrible, horrible, to do this to a person you know not even to an animal, you don't do that," a neighbor said.

According to police sources, the victim's 19-year-old stepson was taken into custody.

They say the stepson's sister walked into the home around

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