A Harlem man has been accused of killing his deaf girlfriend and stuffing her in a 55-gallon drum in their apartment, and cops say he is now in custody.

Bismarck Lithgow, 24, allegedly stabbed 19-year-old girlfriend Francis Angelica Alfonso Pellarano to death in the apartment they shared at 2400 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. Police say they received a March 2nd 911 call from Lithgow's grandmother complaining of a foul odor coming from the apartment; they went to investigate, and discovered Pellarano's mutilated body inside the drum.

Pellarano was deaf, and met Lithgow—who DNAinfo reports is also deaf—on Facebook. She moved to New York to be with him, but sources say she was planning to break up with him soon.

Lithgow is reportedly bipolar, and Pellarano's family was concerned about their relationship. "I always knew that something was going to happen to her. I wasn't sleeping at night," her father said. "I want justice because I know he's not crazy. He cleaned all the blood after he killed her." Lithgow has been charged with second-degree murder.