BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) -- A man stabbed his wife and 2-year-old daughter to death at their Long Island home, Suffolk County police said Monday.
Jaffari Zanoor, 31, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the stabbings Sunday afternoon in Brentwood.
Responding officers found the victims with stab wounds inside their home at 49 Jefferson Ave. around 4:40 p.m.
They were both pronounced dead at South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore.
Police identified the victims as Misbah Batool, 33, and the couple's daughter, Iazia Zanoor.
Police haven't said what may have led up to the stabbing.
The crime scene remained active more than 12 hours later Monday morning, with the street cordoned off and a mobile lab parked outside the house.
Records show the house was sold two years ago.
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