NYC woman expected to be charged with stabbing father after claiming he abused her: cops

Metro

By Khristina Narizhnaya, Amanda Wood And Steve Janoski

The woman who allegedly stabbed her father to death in his Queens home earlier this month was set to be extradited to New York on Wednesday to face murder charges — as she told police her old man belonged to a cult and had mistreated her.

Anna Cavak, 30, allegedly fled the 109th Avenue home in Ozone Park after stabbing her father, Peter Cavak, to death during some sort of confrontation, according to NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny.

“He’s trying to kill me!” Cavak yelled to his mother, Maria Clement, about his father the morning of June 5, Kenny said.

Clemente rushed downstairs and burst into the bedroom, where she saw her 70-year-old husband on the floor — and her daughter on top of him, holding a rectangular object that cops later discovered was a stun gun , added the chef.

When detectives arrived, Maria told them she saw Anna on top of Peter, who was covered in blood, Kenny said.

Anna fled after the murder, but cops found her car across the river, he added. She was later picked up by New Jersey State Police and arrested.

Anna later told authorities that her father belonged to a cult and was violent, Kenny said. And she also claimed that her behavior also led to the death of her sister, who she said committed suicide by overdose, he added.

“This was a fairly recent report of abuse when she was a child,” said Lt. John Russo of the NYPD Detective Bureau. “I don’t want to get too involved in this.”

Cavak had no criminal history — nor did his father, Kenny said.

Peter was named in a domestic incident related to his daughter, in which she accused him of a criminal sex act, Kenny said.

He was also named in an earlier child abuse and sexual abuse complaint in which his daughter was the alleged victim, the chief said.

James Clement, Peter's 38-year-old stepson and Anna's half-brother, told The Post in a recent interview outside the family home that his stepfather – a retired bus driver for the MTA – worked hard to provide for his family, but suffered from himself had a history of trauma and physical and emotional abuse.

And even though Anna suffered from numerous mental health issues, he was inclined to believe her accusations of ongoing sexual abuse.

“All this did not happen by chance, it did not happen because [Anna] I woke up one day and did what she did,” he told the Post. “I think it was an accumulation of neglect from her childhood until she was 30 years. … [but] what she did was unjustified.

“It’s difficult for me to say what his plan was, because it was an extreme act and it was not planned,” Clement continued. “I think she had a psychotic break.”