A South Jersey woman has been charged with killing a man with nail clippers
The victim died a day after the alleged attack in Millville.
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A Millville, N.J., woman has been charged with murder after a man she allegedly stabbed with nail clippers during a fight at a mobile home complex died, officials said.
The Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office and Millville police said in a joint statement that Kayla Ayala, 30, got into an altercation with Axel Torres, 35, in Ayala’s Country Meadows home early Sunday.
Torres left but Ayala chased after him, triggering another fight that left the victim unconscious and suffering several stab wounds, including one to a leg that was inflicted by a nail clipper, police said.
Police arrived around 1 p.m. to find that Torres had been returned to the home and summoned medics, officials said. Torres was taken to Cooper University Hospital in Camden in critical condition and died of his wounds Monday morning.
Taken into custody on assault charges, Ayala was charged with murder Monday after Torres died. She was being held at the Cumberland County jail to await a bail proceeding.