Teen grins in sinister mugshot just hours after ‘telling woman he needed to make a sacrifice then stabbing her repeatedly’
Benito Felipe Crisanto, 19, has been charged with attempted murder following the alleged attack
A TEENAGER is pictured grinning from ear to ear in a creepy mugshot just hours after he allegedly told a woman "I have to make a sacrifice" then stabbed her repeatedly.
Benito Felipe Crisanto, 19, is accused of stabbing 30-year-old Ashley Hall and robbing her of $3,000 in cash, reported.
He appeared in court on Sunday charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and robbery.
Crisanto was believed to be friends with Ashley's boyfriend and came over to their home in Boynton Beach, Florida, to say goodbye before he moved to New York, reported.
During the evening her boyfriend was playing on his computer when he heard his girlfriend scream from the bedroom: "Take the money."
He turned and saw Crisanto with a gun in his hands - which he managed to grab off him and run outside.
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Ashley told police that she tried to run out after her boyfriend but Crisanto pulled her back and started stabbing her telling her: "I have to make a sacrifice".
The victim then told Crisanto he could take the money from her nightstand and he walked behind her with a knife to her throat until she handed over the cash.
A passer by called 911 after hearing a commotion outside the apartment.
Crisanto fled, while Ashley collapsed on the ground outside.
She was taken to hospital in a stable condition.
Crisanto was arrested at a nearby McDonald's and taken into custody.
He has been held on a $300,000 bail.
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