Teen sees murder on his iPad: Terrified boy watches in horror during videochat as friend's mother is 'stabbed to death by her boyfriend'



The fatal stabbing of a mother by her long-term boyfriend was witnessed by a friend who was videochatting with the victim's teenage daughter on an iPad, it has emerged.

Middlesex County District Attorney Nicole Allain made the revelation during the arraignment of Christopher Piantedosi, 39, in Woburn District Court, the Union Leader reported.

Piantedosi is accused of stabbing 38-year-old Kristen Pulisciano 34 times on Thursday in front of their 15-year-old daughter at her Burlington home.

Murdered: Kristen Pulisciano, 38, left, was found to stabbed to death by her husband Christopher Piantedosi, 39, right. It has now emerged one of their daughters' friends witnessed the attack over a video chat

The teen was chatting with a friend on her iPad in her bedroom when she heard her parents arguing in the kitchen. She told her friend she would 'be right back' and left the iPad running. The daughter ran to the kitchen, where Piantedosi grabbed a knife. 'What, are you trying to kill Mum or something?' the girl said, according to prosecutors.

Piantedosi chased Pulisciano into the bedroom and stabbed her with a butcher knife, prosecutors said. The friend was still logged into the video, the gruesome murder playing out in front of his eyes. RELATED ARTICLES Previous

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'He then heard the victim say, "Chris, please stop. I love you" and then the defendant began stabbing Kristen numerous times.' Prosecutors said Pulisciano died of a stab wound to the neck as her two children watched on.

Family: Kristen Pulisciano is pictured with her daughter, whose father is implicated in the fatal attack

Neighbours said the couple's children - the teenage daughter and a 20-year-old son - fled the house, screaming that their mother had been killed after the horrific attack.



'She was crying. Her brother was crying. I saw him crying on the lawn,' one neighbour said .

When police responded to the scene at 6:45 pm, Pulisciano was dead with multiple stab wounds. .

Piantedosi, who initially fled the scene, turned himself in to police after a warrant was issued for his arrest.



He was allegedly found lying in the grass outside Weston State Police Barracks, according to Fox .

When he was approached by officers, he told them he had taken something but they recognised him and took him into custody.

