Leitrim man reported stabbed to death in New York

An Irish man has been killed in a violent knife attack at his home in New York, according to a newspaper report this morning.

The Irish Independentsays John Dalton (50) was found by his room mate naked and stabbed to death in his bedroom.

Mr Dalton’s friend Rose Gilbert was found lying on the kitchen floor with a steak knife in her body.

The Leitrim man lived in Sunnyside, an Irish neighborhood in Queens and worked as a chaffeur, according to the report.

Police said they had found no signs of forced entry to the building.

Neighbours who were interviewed by police said they had heard screaming in the building earlier in the afternoon, but nobody called police.