Man Smirked After Pushing Partner And Baby To Death

A man arrested for pushing his estranged partner and their infant off a fifteenth-story balcony in New York City flashed an evil smirk as police escorted him away. Angel Carrasco, thirty-one years old, was taken into custody by US Marshals and NYPD officers on Wednesday. The arrest followed the tragic death of twenty-three-year-old Nathaly Ramirez early Tuesday morning when she plunged from her Bronx apartment while clutching their eight-month-old daughter, who also bears the name Angel.

Disturbing footage captured Carrasco being led away by law enforcement with a wide grin on his face. He rocked his head side to side and laughed before officers loaded him into a vehicle. Residents inside the eighteen-story building at 2550 Olinville Avenue heard something terrible unfold. Tenant Robin Mendzies recalled hearing a male voice shout Jump before the sickening sound of bodies falling hit the ground below.

Carrasco allegedly shoved Ramirez from the balcony after trying to repair their relationship failed. She rejected his attempts to get back together, and he reportedly lost his temper in that terrifying confrontation. He then fled the scene, leaving behind a bouquet of flowers he had brought for her. Detectives pieced together the events while he remained at large until Wednesday when officers finally caught him.

A wanted poster released by the NYPD showed an image appearing to depict Carrasco toying with a large kitchen knife inside an elevator before his capture. Hours after that release, US Marshals and NYPD officers located him and took him into custody immediately. This horrific tragedy weighs heavily on every team member who worked this case according to US Marshal Ricky J Patel. He stated they owed it to the brave mother who gave her life saving her child from a vicious individual.

Nothing can undo this terrible loss, but taking this suspect off the street ensures he will answer for his alleged heinous actions added the marshal. The arrest has also brought renewed attention to Carrasco's alleged history of violence involving Ramirez. According to law enforcement sources, the couple was already at the center of two domestic incidents earlier this year. On January 5, Carrasco was accused of slapping Ramirez and leaving her bruised after she confronted him about communicating with an ex-girlfriend.

Three days later, the suspected shover faced another arrest following a separate dispute involving a burglary charge that was later sealed. Sources said he broke into Ramirez's apartment and waited for her inside during that incident. Carrasco was also accused of previously sending threatening text messages to another former girlfriend according to sources. His record includes at least two other arrests dating back to 2016 involving allegations of false impersonation and marijuana possession.

Doctors could not save the young mother after she and her baby were rushed to the hospital following the fall from the fifteenth floor. Her infant daughter survived the fall but remains in critical condition as doctors work to stabilize her. The NYPD released images showing the couple inside an apartment building before the alleged attack occurred. Residents described hearing a man's voice cutting through the building followed by the sickening sound of the crash below.

The ground shook with a massive thud before a woman's screams tore through the air. "No please, no!" she cried out in terror. This arrest has thrown Carrasco's history of violence toward Ramirez back into the spotlight.

By Wednesday, a makeshift shrine had taken shape outside the apartment building. Candles flickered beside bouquets and a photo of the slain mother. An 'October is Domestic Violence Month' poster stood among the tributes, adding another painful layer to the scene. Frantic police activity had long since given way to quiet mourning.

"It sounded like she was begging for an inevitable thing not to happen," Mendzies recalled. The horror was visceral. A tiny diaper and baby onesie lay strewn near where the tragedy unfolded. Officers and emergency workers crowded the area while neighbors watched in stunned silence.

Friends remembered Ramirez as a young woman whose world revolved entirely around her infant child. Her high school friend, Dominique Rosado, described her to the Post as a devoted mother. Even during those terrifying final moments of her life, Rosado said, Ramirez's instinct was purely protective. "In the last moment of her life, she was protecting her daughter," he said. "That's what it means to be a mother. She was a good mother.