( CNN ) -- A New York man was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation after allegedly beating his girlfriend and her daughter to death with a hammer , claiming they were witches , prosecutors said Thursday . Carlos Alberto Amarillo , 44 , allegedly called 911 early Wednesday and said `` two females are dead , they were assassinated , hurry , they are dead , '' the Queens district attorney 's office said in a statement . `` I killed them because they are witches , '' Amarillo reportedly said on the 911 call , according to the statement . `` I want the police to kill me . I killed them with a hammer . '' A neighbor told CNN he heard the banging , apparently from the hammer blows , but no screaming . When police arrived at the home where the 911 call was made , Amarillo was walking from the doorway to the street carrying a Bible . He allegedly told officers : `` I killed them , I killed them , '' according to the statement . Police found the body of his girlfriend , Estrella Castaneda , 56 , face up on a bed with a pillow over her face , the statement said . The rubber grip of a hammer was next to her body . On the floor in a rear bedroom , police found the victim 's daughter , Lina Castaneda , 25 , with injuries to her head , prosecutors said . The hammer was next to her body . Lina Castaneda 's 7-year-old daughter was found unharmed on the bed in her mother 's room , authorities said . `` The defendant is accused of the violent beating death of his girlfriend and her daughter -- who in fact was herself the mother of a young child , '' Queens District Attorney Richard A . Brown said in the statement . `` Thankfully , that child ... was not harmed . '' In statements to police , Amarillo allegedly said that he believed the victims were witches and were `` performing voodoo and casting spells on him , '' Brown said in the statement . Camilo Alvarez , 23 , who lives two houses down , said that about midnight Wednesday he heard a loud banging sound . He thought it might be his mother moving things around upstairs . Then , police officers arrived in front of his neighbor 's house . `` As awful as it sounds , I think that was the hammering , '' Alvarez said . `` Nobody heard screaming -- that 's the weird part -- so nobody called the police . '' Still , Alvarez wondered if a call to police at that point could have made a difference . `` It was mind-blowing , '' he said . `` You never expect that right next door . They seemed like normal people ; it just makes no sense . '' Amarillo was arraigned Wednesday night on two counts of first-degree murder , two counts of second-degree murder and one count of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon . If convicted , he could face life without parole . His attorney , Anthony Battisti , declined to comment on Thursday .
Carlos Alberto Amarillo , 44 , allegedly killed two women he said were `` witches '' A 7-year-old girl , daughter of one of the victims , in the home was not harmed . Amarillo was arraigned on murder charges and ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation .