The beloved grandmother found dead at her Long Island home last week was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend, who police killed on Thursday, authorities revealed.
Brandon Hampson, 55, was shot dead by cops in Massachusetts on Wednesday night after he charged at them with a knife outside a motel, the Suffolk County Police Department said.
Hampson was wanted for fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend Rachel Frislid, whose butchered body was found by a family member inside her Sayville home around 8:30 p.m. last Thursday, cops said.
Responding officers asked Hampson multiple times to drop his weapon, but he refused, News12 reported, citing the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office.
Frislid, 62, was a grandmother and business owner on the brink of retirement when she was killed.
“A heart of gold. Nicest woman you could have ever met. I don’t understand it,” Eileen Tyznar, president emeritus of the Sayville Chamber of Commerce, previously told CBS.
Frislid “has a beautiful, beautiful family that she always talks about. Her son and her daughter,” Tyznar added.
After her husband died several years ago, Frislid took charge of the family business, Academy Tent Rentals of Bohemia.
Tragically, Frislid hoped to retire soon and move to Tennessee to be closer to her daughter and grandchild, the publication reported.
“Now to hear that she’s dead, I’m just, I don’t know what to say, I’m heartbroken,” workplace tenant neighbor Peter Woram said.
