Man arrested for killing Wendy's co-worker, roommate in fatal stabbings on Long Island: Police
Key Points:
- Rony Alvarenga, 22, was arrested and charged with two counts of murder after allegedly fatally stabbing his roommate and a co-worker at a Wendy's on Long Island.
- The roommate, a 32-year-old woman, was killed around 9:30 p.m. Thursday inside their Valley Stream home, while the 42-year-old co-worker was found dead at the Wendy's in Island Park hours later.
- Alvarenga turned himself in at a 7-Eleven after calling police to confess to the killings, leading officers to discover the roommate's body at their residence.
- Alvarenga, originally from El Salvador, has been living undocumented in the U.S. for the past 10 years.
- The victims' names have not been released, but it is reported that the Wendy's worker was a mother of two children living in the U.S.