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KEY POINTS

  • A transgender woman in New York is accused of killing her father and wounding her younger sister Thursday
  • The woman, 22, confessed to lying about a home invasion that involved robbers attacking her family
  • She is believed to have fabricated the story to cover her tracks

A New York man who died in what police previously thought was a home invasion incident may have been murdered by his own daughter.

Carlo Secondino, 61, was found stabbed to death inside his family's second-floor apartment located along 17th Avenue in Brooklyn's Bensonhurst neighborhood Thursday, according to reports.

Secondino's youngest daughter, Liana, 19, was also found with multiple stab wounds. His 22-year-old transgender daughter, Nikki, had wounds on her hands.

Liana was rushed to Maimonides Hospital, where she was in critical condition, while Nikki was taken to NYU Langone Hospital.

Authorities initially said that robbers broke into the home at around 6 a.m. that day, the New York Post reported.

The robbers then killed Carlo and slashed his two daughters after demanding money from a safe, police claimed, but authorities noted that there was no safe in the home.

Nikki later confessed to lying to police about a home invasion, unnamed sources were cited as saying by CBS News.

She has since been accused of murdering her own father and wounding her sister.

Nikki, who is believed to have created the break-in tale to cover her tracks, has been arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

The family had a history of violence, neighbors and unnamed sources told the Post.

Police were called to the Secondinos' home several times this year on reports of domestic violence, the sources said.

In one incident that happened on July 15, Carlo allegedly threatened to kill Liana.

He was also accused of slapping Nikki on Sept. 19.

Liana was even charged with assault and criminal mischief after ripping off her apartment's window blinds during a dispute with her sister, police sources told the Post.

Carlo, who supported Nikki's transition, seemed distracted by "family issues," according to Yadira Gomez, the co-owner of Mike's Diner where Carlo worked as a deliveryman.

"I know that there was (sic) always fights. He was always working here all day, but during the day he would always say she's crazy, she's got some issues, problems, she doesn't want to work," Gomez told the Post Thursday.

"These girls were abandoned by their mom when they were little, so he was the only one there as a mother figure and father figure. Everybody loved that guy here. It's a big loss for everybody. He would work. He never said no to nothing, helped everybody," she added.

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