
Police in Queens are investigating the grisly murders of a mother and daughter in East Elmhurst.
Officers were called to a home on 87th Street just after midnight Wednesday.
There, they found 56-year-old Estrella Castaneda and her 25-year-old daughter Lina Castaneda dead in their bedrooms.
Authorities say both had serious head injuries, which appeared to have been inflicted with a hammer.
A man was taken into custody at the scene who is the mother's boyfriend.
Carlos Amarillo, 44, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
Detectives say he waited patiently at the crime scene after calling 911 himself, claiming the women had cast a spell on him.
"Two females are dead," he told the operator. "They were assassinated. Hurry, they are dead. I killed them because they are witches. I want the police to kill me. I killed them with a hammer."
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