Rigoberto Lopez, 21, was taken into custody by New York City police on Saturday
Police sources said Lopez, who is mentally ill, was charged on Sunday with murder and attempted murder after confessing to four separate attacks
Claudine Roberts, 44, was identified by her father as one of the victims who died from the attack after she was stabbed multiple times
Authorities said a man was also fatally stabbed in neck, torso in southern Queens
Subway rider, 67-year-old male, was wounded in stabbing on Friday before noon
Another man, 43, was wounded in stabbing in 181st Street station, police said
Lopez is now being held without bail, according to New York City police
A day after being charged, prosecutors said in court Monday that a man police dubbed the "subway slasher" confessed to all four attacks and told police the knife they found on him was the weapon he used in the stabbings along the A line over a 24-hour period.
A man who police dubbed the "subway slasher" was charged Sunday in connection with four stabbings on the A line in less than 24 hours, according to the NYPD.
Rigoberto Lopez, 21, was taken into custody by New York City police on Saturday
Police sources said Lopez, who is mentally ill, was charged on Sunday with murder and attempted murder after confessing to four separate attacks
Subway rider, 67-year-old male, was wounded in stabbing on Friday before noon
Twelve hours later, a man was fatally stabbed in neck, torso in southern Queens
Two hours later, a woman, 44, died from stab wounds after she was found
Minutes later, another man, 43, was wounded in stabbing in 181st Street station