Elderly NYC couple allegedly killed by ‘mentally ill’ son pictured as shocked neighbors mourn
NY Post
An exclusive Post photo reveals for the first time an elderly Brooklyn couple in a quiet moment together — before they were allegedly stabbed to death by their disturbed son inside their home.
Jacob and Rachel Sperber, both 75, look very much the lovable older pair in the snapshot, which shows them huddling next to each other on a city subway train.
The husband and wife were fatally stabbed in their Borough Park home around 5:20 p.m. Saturday — allegedly at the hands of the troubled 46-year-old son they cared for.
The son, who has not been publicly identified, is in police custody as a person of interest but has yet to be charged, law-enforcement sources have said.
He has been described by locals as a “weird,” “awkward” and having “issues,” while his parents were said to have been “very nice” and “quiet” and beloved in the community.
“They were good, they raised him,” the couple’s neighbor told The Post on Sunday.
