The crazed Bronx son who allegedly killed his mom was arrested when a keen-eyed passerby spotted him Tuesday, cops and sources said.
Bob Johnny Guzman Soto, 33, was charged with murder in the death of his mom, Josefa Soto De Carmen, 57, inside their shared apartment on Grand Concourse near East 168th Street in Concourse Village, authorities said. He was arrested at West 170th Street and Edward L. Grant Highway soon after someone recognized him from footage the NYPD released to the media, law enforcement sources said.
Soto De Carmen was discovered covered in blood and unresponsive, with trauma to her head and torso, when police responded to the murder scene around 3:30 p.m. Friday, police said. She was pronounced dead on the scene by EMS workers, cops said.
Guzman Soto fled the scene after the slaying, police said. He had been on the run for several days before his capture.
Footage released by the NYPD Monday shows him wheeling a suitcase in a building lobby. It was unclear whether the video was pulled from the residence he shared with his mom — but cops confirmed it was the last sighting of him.
The arraignment for Guzman Soto, who was also charged with manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon, was pending Wednesday. It remained unclear what, if any, weapons were used during the deadly assault.
He has no previous arrests, authorities said. The investigation into the deadly assault was ongoing.
The killing has left the Concourse Village community shaken, with neighbors reeling from the violence that erupted inside the mother-son apartment. The Grand Concourse building where the pair lived became a crime scene Friday afternoon as detectives and forensic teams combed for evidence.
NYPD officials had circulated the lobby footage widely in an effort to generate leads on Guzman Soto’s whereabouts. The tipster who spotted him Tuesday proved crucial in ending the manhunt, sources noted.
The case now moves toward prosecution as Guzman Soto awaits arraignment on the murder, manslaughter and weapons charges.