Suspect in New Jersey Killing

Throws Himself in Front of Subway

Train
By LIAM STACK OCT. 23, 2015

A man suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend in the driveway of her Midland Park, N.J,
home threw himself in front of a subway train in Manhattan on Thursday, the police
said.

The man, Arthur Lomando, 44, was taken to Harlem Hospital Center and was in
surgery to amputate his legs late Thursday night.

Mr. Lomando threw himself in front of the A train at the 168th Street station in
Washington Heights around 4:30 p.m., the police and the Bergen County prosecutor
said.

He was conscious when the police and emergency medical workers arrived at the
station, they said, but had sustained “severe leg trauma.” The Bergen County
prosecutor, John L. Molinelli, said on Twitter that Mr. Lomando had a severe head
injury as well.

Mr. Molinelli said that Mr. Lomando was a suspect in the murder of his ex-girlfriend,
Suzanne Bardzell, 48, who was found dead earlier in the day in the driver’s seat of
her car.

The authorities said that Ms. Bardzell was killed with a large knife similar to a
machete and died at the scene. “The murder weapon was left inside the vehicle,” Mr.
Molinelli said at a news conference on Thursday night.

“While there is evidence of a history of domestic violence between Ms. Bardzell and
the assailant,” he added, “it appears that she did not notify police and come in and
file complaints with the Police Department until just recently,” on Oct. 5.

The Associated Press reported that Ms. Bardzell was a special-education teacher with
two teenage sons.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/23/nyregion/suspect-in-new-jersey-killing-
throws-himself-in-front-of-subway-train.html