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Farmingville man kills estranged wife, then stabs himself, police say

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Adriana Barbosa and Marcos Leal. He is accused by police of stabbing her to death and also stabbing himself.

A Farmingville woman was brutally stabbed to death inside her Granny Road home Thursday night, police said, in a violent domestic attack that unfolded in front of a teenage relative who was also wounded.

Marcos Leal, 57, is charged with second-degree murder for killing his estranged wife, 46-year-old Adriana Barbosa inside the residence at 144 Granny Road. Cops also charged him with endangering the welfare of a child.

Suffolk Police responded to a domestic disturbance call about 8:15 p.m. and found Barbosa and Leal both suffering from stab wounds inside the residence, as well as an injured teenager.

Barbosa was rushed to Stony Brook University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The teen was transported to the same hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Leal, who police said stabbed himself during the incident, was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious injuries.

Estranged couple

The couple appears to have become engaged in 2015 and married in 2016. Barbosa was previously divorced from a different man in 2012, according to public records.

Authorities have not released additional details about the events leading up to the stabbing. Leal will to be arraigned at a later date, authorities said.

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