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A Bronx man wanted for the murder of his two-time lottery winning uncle was busted for fatally stabbing a woman with a screwdriver, police said.

Idris Abdul-Muhaymin was nabbed by cops tracking his cellphone without incident on 3rd Avenue near E. 159th St. in Melrose just after 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night, police sources said. aid.

Police believe Abdul-Muhaymin, 45, is responsible for the death of Wanda Rios, 45. Rios was stabbed in the neck multiple times at around 1:45 p.m. yesterday at M.N.I. Security Specialist on E. 223rd St. in Wakefield, where she worked as a clerk. A bloody screwdriver was found at the scene, cops said.

His brother-in-law owns the security company, and Rios may have been in the wrong place at the wrong time, cops said.

Abdul-Muhaymin is also the prime suspect in the fatal stabbing of his uncle, Owen Dillard, who won a $10,000 lotto drawing in April, and about seven months ago took home $50,000 from playing the lottery’s Win 4 game

Dillard, 73, was found on the floor of his Beekman Avenue home in Mott Haven on June 11. Authorities believe the motive in that killing was likely money-related.

Abdul-Muhaymin is charged with murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a weapon for the Rios murder, but has not yet been charged for his uncle’s death. He is expected to be arraigned in Bronx criminal court later Thursday.

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