BANK OF AMERICA EXECUTIVE KILLED IN RANDOM TIMES SQUARE STABBING

NEW YORK — A young mother who had only recently returned to work after five months of maternity leave was killed in what authorities described as a random and unprovoked stabbing in New York’s Times Square.

Erin Piacenti, 32, a Bank of America vice president and graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Fordham Law School, was fatally stabbed Monday afternoon near West 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan.

Police identified the alleged attacker as 49-year-old Pamela Cisneros, who was also accused of stabbing another passerby before officers shot and killed her at the scene.

For Piacenti’s family, the tragedy came just days after a joyful milestone. She had recently shared photos and memories of her infant daughter’s baptism, which she celebrated with her husband, Frank. The couple had been married for two years.

Piacenti had just returned to her professional life after spending months with her newborn daughter. What should have been an ordinary Monday became her final day.

Bank of America remembered Piacenti as “a valued teammate who will be greatly missed,” while Fordham Law described Erin and Frank as cherished members of its community.

She left behind a young family and a life that had only just entered a new chapter.

A mother came home from maternity leave, ready to begin again. She never got the chance to make it home that day.