An accused slasher nicknamed “Bad Bitch” was nabbed Wednesday for fatally slicing a mother of three in the throat during a wild brawl in the Bronx , officials said.
Ashley Smith, 37, was partying with pals inside an illegal after-hours club on June 1 in Williamsbridge when a fight erupted, knocking one of her friends to the floor and prompting the bouncer to kick everyone outside, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Tuesday.
The fracas — which involved dozens of patrons — started around 6 a.m. then continued as it spilled out onto the sidewalk in front of 1418 Oakley Street.
Ashley Smith was fatally knifed after partying at an illegal after-hours club in the Bronx. GoFundMe
Richardson, who goes by the nicknames “Bad Bitch” and “Duchess Dior” then fled the scene.
Remnants from the brawl littered the sidewalk, with Smith’s giant gold hoop bracelets and broken pink fingernails still on the blood-soaked ground hours after the stabbing.
Smith was remembered as a beloved daughter on a GoFundMe page.
Accused slasher Jalessa Richardson goes by the nicknames “Bad Bitch” and “Duchess Dior.” NYPD
“Ashley was taken away from us way too soon and she didn’t deserve to leave us in a horrific way,” wrote her mother, Monique Smith.
“My daughter was a fun loving, energetic soul.”
Police, meanwhile, zeroed in on Richardson after witnesses provided videos of the violent encounter and investigators scoured her social media, Kenny said.
Richardson was charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.
The violence unfolded outside an illegal Bronx after-hours club in front of 1418 Oakley Street. Robert Miller
She has one prior arrest for drugs in 2014, police said.
Richardson was awaiting arraignment Wednesday afternoon.
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