NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The estranged husband of a Staten Island public school teacher missing since Saturday has been taken into police custody and charged with third degree assault, sources tell 1010 WINS.
The NYPD is searching for 37-year-old Jeanine Cammarata. She was last seen Saturday around 9 p.m. near Denker Place and McVeigh Avenue when she left her boyfriend's house and was en route to the home of her estranged husband Michael Cammarata, 42. He admitted to assaulting her prior to her disappearance, but denied having anything to do with her missing.
She was reportedly leaving her boyfriend's New Springville apartment to meet her estranged husband. Her boyfriend filed a missing persons report on Tuesday after she failed to appear at work -- PS 29 -- on Monday and Tuesday.
After she missed a custody hearing on Monday, her lawyer told ABC7: "This does not sound like it's going to end well."
Sources tell 1010 WINS that police are focusing their efforts on Michael Cammarata.
The pair reportedly have a tumultuous relationship with prior domestic incident reports filed, and they are in the midst of divorce with an ongoing child custody battle in the court.
Her landlord, Jose Perez, says he was afraid of Cammarata.
"I told her just to be careful, you know, because I saw things escalating real quickly" Perez said.
She is described as being 4'11" tall, weighing 120 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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