Man discovered responsible of murdering ex-girlfriend Amanda Dabrowski in Worcester restaurant

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“Whereas no verdict will ever deliver Amanda again, we’re relieved {that a} jury discovered this man answerable for taking her from us.”

Carlos Asencio seems in court docket in 2019. Nic Antaya/The Boston Globe, File

The New Hampshire man who stabbed Amanda Dabrowski to dying in a Worcester restaurant 4 years in the past is dealing with life in jail after a jury discovered him responsible of homicide Tuesday. 

Amanda Dabrowski – Courtesy of Bartel Funeral House

Prosecutors mentioned 32-year-old Carlos Asencio stalked Dabrowski — a former co-worker and ex-girlfriend — for months earlier than stabbing her a complete of 58 instances inside O’Connor’s Restaurant & Bar on July 3, 2019. 

His eight-day trial resulted in a responsible verdict on a first-degree homicide cost, Worcester District Legal professional Joseph D. Early Jr. introduced in a press launch. Asencio was additionally convicted on a cost of assault and battery with a harmful weapon in connection to an injured restaurant patron who helped subdue him following the assault.

The homicide conviction carries a compulsory life sentence with out the opportunity of parole, Early’s workplace mentioned. Asencio is due for sentencing on June 29.

“Whereas no verdict will ever deliver Amanda again, we’re relieved {that a} jury discovered this man answerable for taking her from us,” Dabrowksi’s household mentioned in an announcement by means of the DA’s workplace. “We all know he can by no means hurt one other individual once more. The jury helped us discover some justice at present, although we all know there are not any actual winners.”

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In court docket earlier this month, prosecutors defined how Asencio met Dabrowski, 31, whereas working on the pharmaceutical firm Bristol Myers Squibb. The pair dated for 3 months beginning in December 2018, however Dabrowski finally broke issues off.

When Asencio later misplaced his job and have become homeless, prosecutors mentioned he blamed Dabrowski. He allegedly broke into her house and attacked her with a stun gun that spring, additionally secretly taping a cellphone to her car to trace her location. 

Shortly earlier than 8 p.m. on July 3, 2019, he ran as much as Dabrowski inside O’Connor’s and started stabbing her, a knife in every hand. Dabrowski was later pronounced lifeless at a hospital. 

A number of bystanders subdued Asencio, who was arrested on the scene. Asencio’s protection crew argued he was affected by psychosis on the time and couldn’t be held legally liable, a declare that prosecutors and a psychiatrist for the state disputed, The Telegram & Gazette reported. 

In an announcement, Early thanked the prosecutors, sufferer witness advocates, and members of the jury who served on the case, in addition to the bystanders who rushed to Dabrowksi’s assist and “displayed bravery in a horrific state of affairs.”

“The lack of Amanda was devastating and tragic. Our ideas and prayers are together with her and her household. Nobody ought to ever should undergo one thing as horrible as this,” he mentioned. “We are able to solely hope this verdict helps the household discover some justice.”