Defendant Allegedly Called Victim’s Family Members To Tell Them He Killed Her
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a man has been indicted
for stabbing his estranged wife to death. The incident happened when the defendant was on
parole.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant allegedly went to the victim’s house and
stabbed her repeatedly. After the murder, he allegedly called the victim’s family members and
his parole officer to tell them what he had done.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Virgil Solis, 58, of 600 East 125th Street,
Manhattan, was arraigned on second-degree Murder, first-degree Manslaughter and fourthdegree
Criminal Possession of a Weapon before Bronx Supreme Court Justice George
Villegas. He was remanded and is due back in court on January 9, 2019.
According to the investigation, on September 10, 2018, at 2411 Southern Boulevard,
the defendant allegedly caused the death of Valerie Dash by stabbing her repeatedly with a
knife. The victim suffered numerous stab wounds in the abdomen, back, and neck, and was
disemboweled.
The defendant allegedly accused the victim of cheating, and told investigators he
intentionally dragged the knife across her abdomen, and later profanely boasted that he would
not have to worry about her infidelity any longer.
After the attack the defendant allegedly called multiple people, including the victim’s
family members and his parole officer, to tell them he had killed Dash. Family members and
Solis’ parole officer called police, who went to the victim’s home where she was pronounced
dead. Solis was arrested in downtown Manhattan after he removed his ankle monitor and fled
the crime scene.
District Attorney Clark thanked Assistant District Attorney William Browne of the
Domestic Violence Bureau for his assistance. District Attorney Clark also thanked NYPD
Detective Lincoln Archambeau of the 48th Precinct and NYPD Detective Anthony Velez of Bronx
Homicide for their work in the investigation.
An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.
