Court records show accused killer had prior cases before Buffalo woman’s death

The daughter of a woman killed in a stabbing in downtown Buffalo says the warning signs were there long before police arrived at the scene.

Buffalo Police say officers were called Saturday afternoon to the Pine Harbor Apartment Complex on Seventh Street, where 35-year-old Wilmarie Rivera was found stabbed. She was rushed to Erie County Medical Center, where she later died.

Police say 36-year-old Dominic Melendez has been charged with second-degree murder. Investigators say they are treating the case as a possible domestic incident…

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