South Boston woman fatally stabs boyfriend during an argument

A 24-year-old woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death in a South Boston apartment last week pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in court Monday, court records show.

Giselle Pascual, of South Boston, was arrested Friday night and initially charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon before the charges were upgraded Saturday to manslaughter in South Boston District Court.

Boston police identified the victim as cambridge man kyle bradford, 26, in a press release Monday.

Court records show Pascual was held on $100,000 bail after being charged.

Boston police said officers responded to 258 Old Colony Ave. in South Boston just before 6 p.m. Friday. Police found Bradford suffering from a stab wound, and he was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Pascual told investigators that her boyfriend arrived home drunk on Friday, according to a police report she obtained Boston Globe.

“Pascual stated that an argument then broke out and she grabbed the victim’s chest while screaming at him,” the report said. per globe. “Pascual stated that the victim grabbed her by the neck and pushed her head into the wall.”

Bradford was unarmed at the time of the assault, according to the report, and Pascual grabbed a knife during a break in the physical fight but “did not notice the victim had a weapon and was not intimidated that the victim might have a weapon.” The report indicated that Pascual suffered a scratch on her neck and a bruise on her elbow globe.

Pascual’s attorney, Peter Marano, said Pascual has no criminal record and is a single mother. Bradford “has cases in 11 courts in Mass. and Georgia,” Marano said. A search of the Cambridge District Court turned up six dismissed cases, including charges of domestic assault and battery, against a 26-year-old named Kyle Antonio Bradford.

“She had black and blue finger marks on her throat, and he had called her earlier that day and said he was coming to her house to kill her,” Marano said in an email. “She’s the victim.”