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Bronx Man Arrested and Charged with Wife's Murder, Police Say

By Allegra Hobbs | February 15, 2017 5:38pm
 Police arrested and charged Andre Curtis in the stabbing death of his 44-year-old wife Sophia Lamb, according to the NYPD.
Police arrested and charged Andre Curtis in the stabbing death of his 44-year-old wife Sophia Lamb, according to the NYPD.
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CO-OP CITY — Police have arrested a Bronx man for murdering his wife in her apartment last November.

Andre Curtis, 36, was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder in the stabbing death of his wife, Sophia Lamb, according to police. 

Lamb, 44, was found inside the living room of her apartment at 620 Baychester Ave. by her mother on Nov. 26, police said.

Officers arrived to find Lamb unconscious with multiple stab wounds, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Curtis had been sought for questioning at the time.

Curtis has also been charged with manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon, court records show.

He was at a hospital and had not been arraigned as of Wednesday afternoon, according to the Bronx District Attorney’s office.

It was not immediately clear whether Curtis had a lawyer.