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Woman ID'd In Dismembered Remains Case Has Further Ties To Hudson Valley Woman ID'd In Dismembered Remains Case Has Further Ties To Hudson Valley
Woman ID'd In Dismembered Remains Case Has Further Ties To Hudson Valley One of two murder victims whose dismembered remains were found strewn across Long Island has numerous ties to the Hudson Valley. Suffolk County Police said the severed remains of Donna Conneely, age 59, were discovered Thursday, Feb. 29, at Babylon’s Southards Pond Park.  Homicide detectives located additional remains on Tuesday, March 5, at Bethpage State Park and in a wooded residential area in West Babylon. Homicide detectives have located human remains at Bethpage State Park, Southards Pond Park in Babylon, and in a wooded area along Lakeway Drive in West Babylon.  Googl…
Suspect In Severed Remains Case Of Hudson Valley Victims Caught Shoplifting At CVS, Police Say Suspect In Severed Remains Case Of Hudson Valley Victims Caught Shoplifting At CVS, Police Say
Suspect In Severed Remains Case Of Hudson Valley Victims Caught Shoplifting At CVS, Police Say One of four suspects accused of dismembering and scattering the remains of two murder victims from Westchester County across Long Island is now behind bars on an unrelated charge. Amanda Wallace, age 40, was caught shoplifting at a CVS store in Lindenhurst on Friday night, March 15, according to Suffolk County Police. An employee called 911 at around 10:50 p.m. saying a woman was stealing beauty products from the store, located on East Montauk Highway. Earlier Report: Dismembered Remains Case: ID Released For 1 Of 2 Victims Police arrested Wallace a short time later on suspicion of…
Dismembered Remains Case: ID Released For 1 Of 2 Hudson Valley Victims Dismembered Remains Case: ID Released For 1 Of 2 Hudson Valley Victims
Dismembered Remains Case: ID Released For 1 Of 2 Hudson Valley Victims For the first time, police have publicly identified one of two murder victims from Westchester County whose mutilated remains were found strewn across Long Island, reigniting the debate over bail reform laws. In an update to the case Monday, March 11, Suffolk County Police identified the female victim as 59-year-old Donna Conneely, whose last known address was in Yonkers. The identity of the male victim is still pending confirmation from the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s office. Earlier Report: Dismembering Dead Body Would Be Felony Under NY Bill Meant To Remedy 'Ill-Conceived D…
'Indefensible': DA Blasts Hochul Over Criticism Of Severed Remains Case Of Hudson Valley Duo 'Indefensible': DA Blasts Hochul Over Criticism Of Severed Remains Case Of Hudson Valley Duo
'Indefensible': DA Blasts Hochul Over Criticism Of Severed Remains Case Of Hudson Valley Duo Local leaders are outraged over comments Gov. Kathy Hochul made criticizing the investigation into two Westchester County residents whose mutilated corpses were strewn across Long Island. The public back-and-forth began Wednesday, March 6, when Suffolk County District Raymond Tierney blasted reforms to the state’s bail laws that saw four suspects in the case released from custody with GPS monitoring. “Unfortunately, due to ‘bail reform’ passed by the New York State Legislature in 2019, charges relating to the mutilation and disposal of murdered corpses are no longer bail-eligible, meaning m…
4 Suspects ID'd In Severed Body Parts Case Involving Man, Woman From Hudson Valley 4 Suspects ID'd In Severed Body Parts Case Involving Man, Woman From Hudson Valley
4 Suspects ID'd In Severed Body Parts Case Involving Man, Woman From Hudson Valley Four people have been charged in connection with the deaths of two victims from Westchester County whose mutilated remains were strewn at locations across Long Island. They were arrested Tuesday, March 5, after Suffolk County Police homicide detectives spent hours searching an Amityville residence on Railroad Avenue, located roughly a block east of the Amityville LIRR station. No human remains were located at the home, police confirmed. Police said the following were taken into custody, with the first three being residents of the home: Steven Brown, age 44 Jeffrey Mackey, age 38 Amanda W…
Remains Of Hudson Valley Couple Found Scattered At Sites On Long Island Remains Of Hudson Valley Couple Found Scattered At Sites On Long Island
Remains Of Hudson Valley Couple Found Scattered At Sites On Long Island This story has been updated. Detectives investigating the deaths of two people from Westchester County whose severed remains were found at a Long Island park have found additional body parts at two more locations. Suffolk County Police said human remains were located in West Babylon, in a wooded area along Lakeway Drive near Troy Avenue, and at Bethpage State Park on Tuesday, March 5. Both scenes were processed by homicide detectives and members of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office. The remains are believed to be those of the same victims whose severed limbs, including a woman’…
13-Year-Old NY Girl Finds Razor Blade After Trading Halloween Candy, Police Say 13-Year-Old NY Girl Finds Razor Blade After Trading Halloween Candy, Police Say
13-Year-Old NY Girl Finds Razor Blade After Trading Halloween Candy, Police Say A 13-year-old New York girl discovered a blade in a chocolate bar after trading Halloween candy with friends, according to authorities. The Long Island resident made the discovery on Thursday, Nov. 3, according to Suffolk County Police. The girl traded candy with her classmates at PJ Gelinas Junior High School in East Setauket over the past few days before finding the blade in a mini 3Musketeers bar, according to police. The girl's mother immediately reported the incident to police just after 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The girl went out trick or treating on Halloween on Monday, Oct. 31 in the St…
Details Emerge After 2 Shot In Broad Daylight Outside NY Gubernatorial Candidate's Home Details Emerge After 2 Shot In Broad Daylight Outside NY Gubernatorial Candidate's Home
Details Emerge After 2 Shot In Broad Daylight Outside NY Gubernatorial Candidate's Home New details have emerged after two teenagers were injured in a broad-daylight shooting outside the home of New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin, a US Congressman representing parts of Long Island. The incident happened around 2:20 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9 in Suffolk County in the hamlet of Shirley. Three teenagers were walking on Saint George Drive West when a dark-colored vehicle went by and an occupant fired multiple gunshots through the vehicle’s window, Suffolk County Police said. Two 17-year-old boys were struck and attempted to hide in the yard of a residence on the str…
NY Mom Waited At Bar For Someone Before She Was Found Dead In Duffel Bag, New Report Says NY Mom Waited At Bar For Someone Before She Was Found Dead In Duffel Bag, New Report Says
NY Mom Waited At Bar For Someone Before She Was Found Dead In Duffel Bag, New Report Says Updated story: Suspect Left Evidence Behind At Home Of NY Mom Found Dead, Report Says A New York mom of two stabbed to death and then stuffed in a duffle bag near her home in Forest Hills, Queens reportedly waited at a bar for someone before she was killed. Orsolya Gaal went to Lincoln Center in the evening on Friday, April 15, sources told PIX11. After leaving, Gaal is said to have gone to the bar in her neighborhood to meet someone, the news channel reported. She reportedly spent about 45 minutes at the bar before leaving alone.  Gaal's body was found around 8 a.m., Saturday, A…
Alert Issued For 22-Year-Old NY Woman Who Went Missing While Traveling Alert Issued For 22-Year-Old NY Woman Who Went Missing While Traveling
Alert Issued For 22-Year-Old NY Woman Who Went Missing While Traveling Click here for an updated story:  Family Asks Public For Help In Nationwide Search For Missing 22-Year-Old NY Woman Authorities are asking the public's help in locating a 22-year-old New York woman who went missing while traveling. Long Island resident Gabrielle Petito, of Blue Point in Suffolk County, was traveling in a white, 2012 Ford Transit van with Florida license plate QFTG03 with a companion when she stopped communicating with friends and family, police said. Petito was reported missing to the Suffolk County Police Department by her family on Saturday, Sept. 11 just before 7 p…
Three Killed In Shooting Inside NY Residence Three Killed In Shooting Inside NY Residence
Three Killed In Shooting Inside NY Residence Police are investigating a shooting that killed three people inside a residence in New York. The incident happened on Long Island just after noontime on Friday, July 23 in Suffolk County. Officers responded to 132 Overlook Drive in Farmingville after a family member called 911 at 12:06 p.m., police said. Officers found Richard Castano, age 31, and Diamond Schick, age 24, both residents of the house, and Nyasia Knox, age 20, of Georgia, dead from gunshot wounds, police said. A baby was found inside the house, unharmed. The investigation is continuing.  Anyone with information is ask…
Police, Family Still Search For College Student From Westchester Who Disappeared A Decade Ago Police, Family Still Search For College Student From Westchester Who Disappeared A Decade Ago
Police, Family Still Search For College Student From Westchester Who Disappeared A Decade Ago It's been 10 years since a young woman from New York was last seen after leaving the apartment of an acquaintance. On Friday, June 3, 2011, at approximately 4:30 am, Westchester County resident Lauren Spierer, a native of Greenburgh and a then 20-year-old Indiana University student, left the apartment of an acquaintance on the 200 block of West 11th Street in Bloomington, Indiana. She was headed home to her apartment at 9th and College, but she never arrived, said the Bloomington Police. "Since Lauren was reported missing to BPD later that afternoon, we've worked with the FBI and other la…
Singer/Model Nicki Minaj's Father Killed In Hit-Run NY Crash Singer/Model Nicki Minaj's Father Killed In Hit-Run NY Crash
Singer/Model Nicki Minaj's Father Killed In Hit-Run NY Crash Click here for an updated story: Man Charged For Hit-Run  Crash That Killed Nicki Minaj's Father A man who was killed after he was struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run crash at a Long Island intersection late last week has been identified as the father of singer/model Nicki Minaj. While walking in the roadway in Mineola on Roslyn Road at the intersection of Raff Avenue on Friday, Feb. 12, at 6:15 p.m., Robert Maraj was hit by a northbound, undescribed, vehicle that left the scene of the crash, Nassau County Police said.  Earlier report - ID Released For Man Wh…
NYPD: Hudson Valley Woman Raped In Manhattan After Asking For Directions NYPD: Hudson Valley Woman Raped In Manhattan After Asking For Directions
Nypd: Hudson Valley Woman Raped In Manhattan After Asking For Directions The New York City Police Department is asking for the public's assistance identifying a man for questioning in connection with the rape of a Westchester woman. Police said the incident took place when the 31-year-old Yonkers resident told police that around 1 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 6, on the way to visit a friend, she became lost and asked the man for directions. The man then grabbed her by the arm and led her to a location in the vicinity of West 51st Street between 8th Avenue and 9th Avenue, where he allegedly raped her, said NYPD officials. He then fled northbound on Broadway at 52nd S…
Father Arrested For Abducting Baby, Leading To AMBER Alert Father Arrested For Abducting Baby, Leading To AMBER Alert
Father Arrested For Abducting Baby, Leading To Amber Alert Update: The man who took his 6-month-old son without permission on Long Island, leading to an AMBER Alert being issued, has been apprehended. Bryan Quinteros, 19, was arrested on Thursday, Sept. 19 following the abduction in Deer Park on Wednesday, Sept. 18, Suffolk County Police said. Quinteros was arrested in Uniondale with the assistance of the Nassau County Police Department, according to Suffolk County Police. Quinteros was charged with criminal contempt and endangering the welfare of a child. He will be held overnight at the First Precinct and is scheduled for arraignment at Fi…
AMBER Alert Update: 6-Month-Old Taken By Father Without Permission Has Been Located, Police Say AMBER Alert Update: 6-Month-Old Taken By Father Without Permission Has Been Located, Police Say
Amber Alert Update: 6-Month-Old Taken By Father Without Permission Has Been Located, Police Say Update: Daniel Quinteros, the 6-month old baby who was reported missing 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, has been located unharmed when an acquaintance brought the baby to his mother’s Long Island house, police said. The father, Bryan Quinteros, has not been located according to Suffolk County Police, where the incident occurred in Deer Park. Original report: A New York State AMBER Alert has been issued after a 6-month old baby was taken by his father without permission, according to police. Following a physical altercation with the baby’s mother on Long Island at approximately 2:30 p.m. …
AMBER Alert Update: 6-Month-Old Taken By Father Without Permission Has Been Located, Police Say AMBER Alert Update: 6-Month-Old Taken By Father Without Permission Has Been Located, Police Say
Amber Alert Update: 6-Month-Old Taken By Father Without Permission Has Been Located, Police Say Update: Daniel Quinteros, the 6-month old baby who was reported missing 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, has been located unharmed when an acquaintance brought the baby to his mother’s Long Island house, police said. The father, Bryan Quinteros, has not been located according to Suffolk County Police, where the incident occurred in Deer Park. Original report: A New York State AMBER Alert has been issued after a 6-month old baby was taken by his father without permission, according to police. Following a physical altercation with the baby’s mother on Long Island at approximately 2:30 p.m. …
SEEN HIM? Fugitive Murder Suspect Could Be In NJ/NY, Authorities Warn SEEN HIM? Fugitive Murder Suspect Could Be In NJ/NY, Authorities Warn
Seen HIM? Fugitive Murder Suspect Could Be In NJ/NY, Authorities Warn A fugitive murder suspect from South Carolina may have fled to New Jersey or New York, where he has family, authorities said. Jhonny Wolfran Quintano Vasquez, 23, stabbed and beat the 24-year-old victim to death over the weekend in Williamston, S.C., the Anderson County Sheriff's Department said. Vasquez – also known as “Jhonny Quintaro” – also has family in Virginia and may have gone there, authorities said. South Carolina authorities have charged him with murder in a fugitive warrant. Vasquez is 5-foot-1 and 130 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Anyone who sees him is asked to im…
Two Women Found Bound Together In Hudson River ID'd As Missing Sisters Two Women Found Bound Together In Hudson River ID'd As Missing Sisters
Two Women Found Bound Together In Hudson River ID'd As Missing Sisters Update: Two women found bound together whose bodies washed up on the shore off Manhattan's Upper West Side have been identified. The bodies discovered along the Hudson River were Rotana Farea, 22, and her sister, Tala Farea, 16, both of Fairfax, Virginia, the NYPD said Saturday. There were no obvious signs of trauma, The two went missing in late August. The cause of death has not been determined. Original report: Police are asking the public for help identifying two women reportedly found bound together floating on the rocks of the Hudson River. The two women were found around 2:39 p.m…