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Two teen squatters accused of murdering a mother and stuffing her physique in a duffel bag at her residence went on to make use of her bank card to purchase an engagement ring, a courtroom has heard.
Halley Tejada, 19, and Kensly Alston, 18, shuffled into New York Supreme Courtroom on Thursday charged with killing Nadia Vitels, a 52-year-old girl who was present in a duffel bag in her New York Metropolis residence on March 14.
The medical expert dominated her demise a murder after an post-mortem dominated she died from a number of facial fractures, a mind bleed, two damaged ribs and blunt-force trauma to the top.
Prosecutors allege that Tejada and Alston broke into Vitels’ residence on March 10 and stayed there for 2 days earlier than she returned house together with her canine and instructed them to go away.
Tejada is accused of stomping on her head earlier than hitting her with a frying pan whereas Alston kicked her physique and the pair then wrapped her neck and physique with a wire.
Halley Tejada seems in courtroom in a ‘Yeah… no.’ t-shirt as he is charged with homicide ,
Kensly Alston, 18, was carrying a Scooby-Doo shirt as she entered the courtroom
Medvedev stated his mom beloved her canine and he or she had adopted the pup whereas going by a tough time in her life, caring for her sick mother and father
The pair then allegedly fled to Pennsylvania within the sufferer’s Lexus and Alston instructed authorities how good their life was with the couple celebrating her 18th birthday and utilizing Vitels’ bank card to purchase gadgets together with an engagement ring, AirPods and a PlayStation 5.
It stays unclear how the pair gained entry to Vitels’ residence, or in the event that they’d ever met earlier than she was murdered.
The teenagers donned laid-back seems for his or her look, which noticed them charged with homicide, housebreaking, larceny and concealment of a physique prices.
Alston sported a Scooby Doo shirt, black sweatpants and sandals for the event.
In the meantime Tejada opted for a prime with the phrases, ‘Yeah. No.’ emblazoned on the entrance.
Tejada and Alston have been tracked down by US Marshals and brought into custody on March 22.
‘We consider that some squatters took the residence over and this girl got here house … and walked in on the squatters that have been there,’ NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny stated on the time.
The 2 suspects have been noticed driving off in Vitels Lexus SUV across the time they consider she died and even caught on surveillance footage that has not but been launched to the general public.
Kenny added that the distinctive design of the ‘upscale residence’ meant they might have been capable of conceal from Vitels for a while.
The medical expert dominated her demise a murder on Friday after an post-mortem revealed she died from blunt-force trauma to the top
Sources stated police are on the lookout for two suspects described as a black male and a black feminine each of their 20s, who have been noticed driving off in Vitels’ Lexus SUV
Michael Medvedev, Vitels’ son, made the grisly discovery of his mom’s corpse upon return alongside the constructing’s superintendent Jean Pompee, who has lived in there for 22 years, after Vitels had not been seen for 48 hours.
‘As they’re on the point of go away, the son opens up the closet door close to the entrance door and discovers the duffel bag with a foot protruding,’ Kenny stated.
Whereas the suspects – one in all whom has a previous arrest – stay on the lam after swiping Vitels’ automotive as of Thursday evening, police consider they’re heading in the right direction.
‘As of proper now, now we have possible trigger, now we have two topics, now we have the Regional Fugitive Activity Power actively looking as we converse,’ Kenny stated.
The couple are believed to have pushed throughout the George Washington Bridge into New Jersey earlier than crashing Vitels’ SUV in Pennsylvania’s Decrease Paxton Township.
The constructing’s superintendent Jean Pompee, who has lived in there for 22 years, was the primary one to enter Vitels’ residence following a misery name from her family.
Nadia Vitels, 52, was discovered contained in the bag within the East thirty first Road residence in Manhattan’s Kips Bay on March 14 after her household known as the constructing superintendent to do a wellness verify
Her household instructed him they hadn’t heard from her in a couple of days so he went to up her residence to verify on her and noticed indicators one thing was improper.
Medvedev stated his mom beloved her canine and he or she had adopted the pup whereas going by a tough time in her life, caring for her sick mother and father.
‘He grew to become her subsequent obsession, her finest pal, her man. He was the one man she wanted,” the son stated at her funeral.
‘This little pet gave her the love she wanted to get by the toughest time in her life.’
Pompee found her canine urinated all around the ground as a result of it had been unaccompanied which was very uncommon.
‘They discovered a bag within the closet and stated, “I consider there’s a physique in right here.” I form of sensed one thing was improper, it form of regarded suspicious,’ Pompee stated.
