Man grins as crowd shouts 'Coward!' after he is arrested over Bronx balcony death of mother and baby

From the Newshound archive · first published 8 October 2026 · last updated 9 October 2026.

Angel Carrasco, 31, smirked and rocked his head from side to side while being perp-walked by officers after his arrest for allegedly throwing Nathaly Ramirez, 23, and their eight-month-old daughter from a 15th-floor Bronx balcony. Ramirez died from the fall; their infant daughter, also named Angel, survived and remains in critical condition at Jacobi Hospital. US Marshal Ricky J. Patel said: 'We owed it to the brave mother who gave her life to save her child from a vicious individual.' Carrasco is due to be arraigned in Bronx Criminal Court.

Carrasco had arrived at Ramirez's apartment with flowers to reconcile — and allegedly flew into a rage when she rejected him.

He had been twice arrested for domestic violence involving Ramirez in January, and had also sent threatening texts to another ex.