Stephen Giraldo tried to murder his estranged wife, Sophia Giraldo, by ramming his SUV into her and stabbing her. (Image of the vehicle: Queens District Attorney’s Office; screenshot of the defendant: WABC; screenshot of Sophia Giraldo via YouTube screengrab/Patrice Washington)
A New York man who pleaded guilty to trying to kill his wife by running her down with his SUV while their children were in the car has been sentenced to more than two decades behind bars.
Stephen Giraldo, 37, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the attempted murder of his estranged wife Sophia Giraldo, 37, in December 2022, according to a press release from the office of Queens County District Attorney Melinda Katz. As Law&Crime previously reported, Giraldo rammed his estranged wife with his Ford Explorer as she walked in front of it and then stabbed her. Giraldo reportedly told the couple’s three children, who were all in the car with him at the time, to “keep your seatbelt on” before stepping on the gas and crashing into his wife.
“This is one of the most brutal cases we have prosecuted,” Katz said in the press release. “To tell your children to ‘buckle up,’ purposefully hit their mother, and then climb over your son to continue your attack with a knife is unconscionable. In holding the defendant accountable and securing a lengthy prison sentence, we hope we have achieved some measure of justice on behalf of the victim and her loved ones.”
