Son fatally stabbed father after argument with mother in Whitehall Township, police say; incident caught on video

“I didn’t mean to do it bro, I just pulled out my knife and stabbed him,” Daniel Lattore Jr. told police, according to court documents.

Police investigate the scene where a 40-year-old man was fatally stabbed Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in a home in the 700 block of Second Street, in Whitehall Township. Daniel Latorre, 40, was stabbed about 8:35 p.m. and was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg, where he died from his injuries about an hour later. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)

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