STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New details emerged Tuesday in the case of a West Brighton, New York, man found decapitated inside his home, while sources say the 19-year-old who is suspected of carrying out the heinous act has a history of mental illness.

The victim, 45-year-old Anthony Casalaspro, was a retired Department of Sanitation mechanic who lived at the home on Cary Avenue with his longtime girlfriend and her two children, the suspect and his sister.

The suspect, Damien Hurstel, was arrested Monday at the home. His sister discovered the victim’s mutilated corpse in the bathtub when she returned home from school.

Gruesome scene

A photo of the crime depicts a particularly gruesome scene.

It showed the victim’s shirtless torso in a bathtub, slumped between a tile wall and sliding glass

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