Robles is charged with murder after a woman was found dead in a Central Park gazebo.

A murder charge is an accusation. It is not a conviction. Police say a 63-year-old woman was found dead in a Central Park gazebo on Sunday morning, and Robles, 36, was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon. A booking and a charge list are process, not a verdict.

On Sunday morning, Sept. 27, 2026, around 9:43 a.m., NYPD Central Park Precinct officers responded to a 911 call about an unconscious person near East Drive and East 74th Street by the Boathouse area. Officers found a 63-year-old woman unresponsive inside a wooden gazebo. EMS pronounced her dead at the scene. Her identity has been withheld pending family notification. A death pronouncement is what officers and EMS reported. It is not a finding that anyone has been proved guilty.

Reporting describes head trauma. Some outlets also described stab wounds. The official cause of death is for the Office of Chief Medical Examiner. Those descriptions are what outlets reported. They are not a single finding from this desk, and they are not a conviction.

Police arrested Jonathan Robles, 36, of Manhattan, on Sunday night. He is charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon. He was reported as a resident of the Barbour Hotel, a Midtown homeless shelter. Reporting said he later surrendered to detectives and was evaluated at a hospital ahead of an expected arraignment. Outlets reported that the victim appeared to have been living in the park. No known relationship between Robles and the victim has been disclosed, and no motive has been disclosed. Some reporting called the death the park's first homicide in years. That description is attributed to the reporting. A charge is an accusation. Robles remains presumed innocent.