Bank of America exec killed in random Times Square stabbing laid to rest as hundreds mourn young mom

MENDHAM BOROUGH, N.J.— The Bank of America executive killed in a random, unprovoked stabbing in New York City's Times Square last week was laid to rest Wednesday as hundreds of mourners turned out to pay their respects over the past two days.Erin Guiltinan Piacenti, 32, of Chester, New Jersey, had just returned from maternity leave after the birth of her first child when police say a woman with a history of mental illness stabbed her and another bystander on Seventh Avenue.Piacenti, the oldest of five siblings, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and the Fordham University School of Law, according to her family's death announcement.NJ MOM FATALLY STABBED IN TIMES SQUARE DURING FIRST WEEK BACK AT BANK OF AMERICA AFTER MATERNITY LEAVEMourners leave the church after the funeral of Erin Piacenti, held at St Joseph's church in Mendham Borough, NJ, Wednesday, September 9, 2026.

Piacenti was killed in a random knife attack in Times Square last month.  (Luis Yllanes for Fox News Digital)She became the music director of UPenn's Dischord A Cappella group and met her husband, Frank Piacenti, at law school, according to the obituary.The two married in 2024 and welcomed their first and only child, Madison, in March.After graduation, she worked at the Manhattan-based international law firm, Davis Polk & Wardwell, before becoming a vice president at Bank of America.Erin Piacenti, the Bank of America Vice President who was tragically killed in a stabbing attack in New York City's Times Square on Monday Aug.

31, 2026, on her wedding day.(Facebook/Erin Piacenti)Piacenti and her husband had returned from a vacation celebrating their two-year anniversary the day before her murder, according to the family.Aug.

31 was also her first day back from maternity leave, according to the organizer of a GoFundMe campaign that has raised nearly $1 million as of Tuesday for 6-month-old Madison.MULTIPLE PEOPLE STABBED NEAR PENN STATION, LEAVING ONE SERIOUSLY INJURED AS INVESTIGAT...