NY - 19-year old decapitates mom's boyfriend - Staten Island, Oct 2025

[Clearsky]

Disturbed Staten Island teen who allegedly decapitated mom’s boyfriend told sister ‘I did something bad’ when she arrived home to find him bloodied

The family has a history of domestic incident reports, according to sources.

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A blood-drenched Staten Island teen who allegedly decapitated his mom’s boyfriend with a knife chillingly told his younger sister, “I did something bad, go to your room,” when she returned home from school, sources revealed Tuesday.

 

[airportwoman]

What an incredibly tragic story, no matter what the entire story might be.

 

[Gemmie]

Oh good lord. Yes, it's The NYP, but if there's an inkling of truth... Just yuck.

Damien Hurstel, 19, allegedly tried to pulverize the body in a blender, starting with the brain, sources said​

Disturbed Staten Island teen who allegedly decapitated mom’s boyfriend told sister ‘I did something bad’ when she arrived home to find him bloodied

The family has a history of domestic incident reports, according to sources.

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[Gemmie]

Hurstel allegedly told police the brutal slaying unfolded after he argued with his mother during the morning inside their West Brighton home, prompting Casalaspro to tell him to take a walk to calm down, the sources said.

The agitated Hurstel allegedly returned home to find his mother gone, leading to an altercation that ended with him beating Casalaspro to death with a meat tenderizer, the sources said.

He allegedly planned to cut up Casalaspro’s body into pieces that he’d pulverize with a blender, but ran into trouble carrying out his deranged dismemberment plan, according to the sources.

A first attempt to sever Casalaspro’s head with a kitchen knife failed, prompting the sick suspect to grab a hand saw from a shed to finish the grisly job, sources said.

He then allegedly used a hammer in a failed attempt to remove Casalaspro’s brain, but he was interrupted by his younger sister arriving home from school, the sources said.

Disturbed Staten Island teen accused of decapitating mom’s beau shares gory confession details: sources

The alleged spare-no-details confession came after cops took Damien Hurstel, who has a long history of mental illness, into custody Monday evening.

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[Spyralflare]

Sounds like this may have been a nightmare situation all around.

Cops were called to Staten Island horror house repeatedly on domestic violence calls before shock decapitation: sources

A 45-year-old city sanitation worker — who was allegedly decapitated by his girlfriend’s son — had been listed as the perpetrator in at least five domestic violence calls from the…

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[Knox]

No words for this one, other than demonic.

 

[nao]

Moo.. what it is, is family forced to keep mentally unstable youth and/or older family members in there house. They only get taken away when the violence gets extreme...moo

 

[Hexe]

Moo.. what it is, is family forced to keep mentally unstable youth and/or older family members in there house. They only get taken away when the violence gets extreme...moo

The problem here was not in the mentally unstable teen, but in a brutal abuser his mother kept as her bf. I am not surprised this boy mental health went horrifically bad, when he had to live in that house of horrors and, most probably, endure daily abuse.

 

[mickey2942]

The problem here was not in the mentally unstable teen, but in a brutal abuser his mother kept as her bf. I am not surprised this boy mental health went horrifically bad, when he had to live in that house of horrors and, most probably, endure daily abuse.

Well said. We don't know the dynamics. But it sounds like this child had extreme rage against this man.