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Ex-Boyfriend Admits Kidnapping New Rochelle Woman Found Dead In Suitcase
A year to the day the body of a Westchester woman was found dead stuffed in a red suitcase in the woods of Greenwich, an ex-boyfriend pleaded guilty to kidnapping resulting in her death.
Valerie Reyes, 24, was found dead on the morning of Feb. 5, 2019, just off Glenville Road in Greenwich by a highway crew employee.
Javier E. DaSilva-Rojas, 25, pleaded guilty to the charge on Wednesday, Feb. 5, and is expected to be sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, said the Greenwich Police.
Reyes, who lived in New Rochelle, had been reported missing by her family, said the Greenwich Po…
Valerie Reyes Murder Suspect Was In Country Illegally, ICE Says
Javier Da Silva was in the country illegally when he allegedly bound and stuffed the body of 24-year-old Valerie Reyes of Westchester in a suitcase and dropped it in a wooded area of Greenwich, according to officials with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in New York.
Da Silva, a citizen of Portugal, was living in Flushing, Queens when he was nabbed on Monday, Feb. 11, by FBI and local law enforcement for the brutal murder.
Da Silva entered the U.S. on May 8, 2017, through the Visa Waiver Program; however, he failed to leave within the required timeframe, said Rachael…
Valerie Reyes Murder Suspect Was In Country Illegally, ICE Says
Javier Da Silva was in the country illegally when he allegedly bound and stuffed the body of 24-year-old Valerie Reyes of Westchester in a suitcase and dropped it in a wooded area of Greenwich, according to officials with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in New York.
Da Silva, a citizen of Portugal, was living in Flushing, Queens when he was nabbed on Monday, Feb. 11, by FBI and local law enforcement for the brutal murder.
Da Silva entered the U.S. on May 8, 2017, through the Visa Waiver Program; however, he failed to leave within the required timeframe, said Rachael…
Former Boyfriend Admits He Put Murder Victim Valerie Reyes In Suitcase, Authorities Say
A former boyfriend arrested on Tuesday for the murder of 24-year-old Valerie Reyes of Westchester admitted during an interview with law enforcement that he bound the woman and stuffed her inside a suitcase before dumping it in Greenwich.
Javier Da Silva, of Queens, admitted during an interview with an FBI agent that he did bound and put Reyes, a New Rochelle resident, in a suitcase and leave it in a wooded area, said a criminal complaint filed in White Plains Superior Court on Tuesday, Feb. 12.
The complaint, which lays out the quick work of law enforcement, said Da Silva, also told Ne…
Ex-Boyfriend Arrested In Connection To Homicide Of Westchester Woman, 24, Found In Greenwich
Greenwich and New Rochelle police have arrested a former boyfriend in the murder of Valerie Reyes, the Westchester woman who was found dead bound and stuffed inside a suitcase in a wooded Greenwich area.
On Tuesday, Feb. 12, New Rochelle Police detectives, accompanied by Greenwich Police detectives, arrested Javier DeSilva, of Queens, in New York who had fraudulently used Reyes’ ATM card, said New Rochelle Police Capt. Cosmo Costa.
Reyes, 24, was found dead on the morning of Feb. 5, just off Glenville Road in Greenwich, said Greenwich Police Capt. Robert Berry.
She had been previously repo…
