Woman who stabbed mother of one to death in a NYC subway station appears in court

he woman who stabbed a mother-of-one to death on a New York City subway platform appeared in court on Wednesday to face charges of manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon. Surveillance footage captured the horrific moment 20-year-old Mia Simmons repeatedly plunged a knife into Latanya Watson in a random attack, at around 9.15pm Monday in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Watson, 30, was rushed to the hospital and later died from wounds to the face, neck and arm. Simmons wore a downcast expression as she was arraigned in Brooklyn Criminal Court. It's believed that Simmons and Watson were strangers to each other, and the cause of their fight remains unclear. The pair reportedly got into an altercation while riding a 3 Line that then spilled onto the mezzanine at the Sutter Avenue-Rutland Road station. Video shows the two women pushing through the turnstiles before they grab each other by the hair and scuffle. Watson, clad in a beige top and blue jeans, can be seen lunging at the other woman who quickly fights back. Simmons, wearing a white t-shirt and tattered jeans, is pushed up against a wall, before she appears to be pepper sprayed by Watson. The assailant then brandishes a small knife, and can be seen jabbing the weapon into Watson, who clambers off several seconds later. Simmons was arrested on Tuesday night in connection with the attack. Police said she was also stabbed during the altercation, and officers tracked her down by following a trail of blood out of the train station. The blood trail from the gruesome scene led police to the suspect’s grandmother’s home, where they were told the suspect was at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, sources said. Watson, who lives two blocks from the station, leaves behind her fiancé and 12-year-old son. 'My daughter was a beautiful person,' the victim's father told the New York Daily News outside her home Tuesday. 'She had a job, she was going to work. We just want to bury her body.' Watson's aunt, Joan McGriff, said of her niece: 'She was very jolly, very sweet, very respectful. She minded her own business. Whatever happened here, I don't know. I was shocked when I got the news this morning.' A neighbor said Watson always carried pepper spray with her for protection, but that she was shocked to hear of her involvement in the deadly spat.