Gruesome Motel Murder Suspect Fights Extradition from Pennsylvania

A Buffalo man accused in the fatal stabbing of a woman in an Amherst motel is refusing to waive his right to an extradition hearing in Pennsylvania where he was taken into custody after a tense incident inside an Erie church.

Authorities in Erie County are seeking the return of Daniel Negron, 37, to face a second-degree murder charge in the death of Emmeya Sims, 27, of Amherst.

Sims was found deceased on July 29th in a bathtub at the Amherst Inn & Suites, 1951 Niagara Falls Boulevard.

According to Amherst police, Negron admitted to stabbing Sims multiple times in the chest and face. Investigators believe she was killed sometime between July 25th and July 29th.

Law enforcement sources and state prison records show Negron previously served more than 11 years in a New York prison for the attempted murder of a former girlfriend.

Negron’s latest arrest came on July 29th following a confrontation inside St. Peter Cathedral in Erie, Pa. Erie police said Negron, armed with a knife, threatened to kill himself and made comments about having harmed his girlfriend in the Buffalo area. Authorities believe he made his way to Erie on foot and by hitchhiking.

Police in Amherst did not discover Sims’ body until after Negron was already in custody in Pennsylvania.

For the incident at the cathedral, Negron was charged in Pennsylvania with terroristic threats, possession of instruments of a crime, reckless endangerment, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and harassment, according to court records.

He was scheduled to appear in a Pennsylvania courtroom on those charges Monday.

Gruesome Motel Murder Suspect Fights Extradition from Pennsylvania