A jury found guilty Tuesday a New Hampshire man accused of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend at a Worcester, Massachusetts, restaurant.
Carlos Asencio was found guilty of first degree murder on July 3, 2019, for stabbing Amanda Dabrowski at O’Connor’s Restaurant & Bar in Worcester. The two had previously dated.
Dabrowski, a 31-year-old Ayer resident, was there for a book club meeting and had just come out of the bathroom when she was attacked. Several other customers stopped the attack and detained the suspect. Some of those witnesses took the stand during the trial, reported Telegram & Gazette.
Asencio’s defense had argued that he suffered from psychosis at the time of the attack. In 2019, he was found mentally incompetent to stand trial based on a psychiatric evaluation at Bridgewater State Hospital ordered at his arraignment. His state of mind became the subject of dueling expert opinions in court during the trial.
