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NY Widow's Killer Nabbed Decades Later Thanks To Retired Detectives, DNA Evidence: DA NY Widow's Killer Nabbed Decades Later Thanks To Retired Detectives, DNA Evidence: DA
NY Widow's Killer Nabbed Decades Later Thanks To Retired Detectives, DNA Evidence: DA A chilling murder mystery in New York that went unsolved for over two decades has finally been cracked thanks in part to a pair of determined detectives long since retired, prosecutors said. On Long Island, Raul Ayala, 51, of Georgia, was indicted for first-degree murder in Suffolk County Court on Friday, Feb. 7, in the 2003 killing of Edna “Timmie” Schubert. The 88-year-old Schubert, a widowed former Department of Motor Vehicles employee who lived alone, was found dead inside her North Bay Shore home on Fredrick Avenue on Dec. 12, 2003, Suffolk County Police said. Her body was discovered b…
Hudson Valley Man Sentenced For Violent 2017 Home Invasion Hudson Valley Man Sentenced For Violent 2017 Home Invasion
Hudson Valley Man Sentenced For Violent 2017 Home Invasion A Hudson Valley man has been sentenced to nine years in prison following a dramatic burglary incident where he and an accomplice posed as FBI agents during a violent home invasion.  Westchester County resident Oscar Castillo, age 37, from Yonkers, was sentenced on Monday, Nov. 18, said Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler. He was also sentenced to five years of post-release supervision.  The sentence stems from Castillo's 2023 guilty plea to burglary charges linked to a 2017 incident in Washingtonville. Castillo, who initially evaded sentencing by not appearing in c…
DNA Helps Implicates Man In 2 Sexual Assaults In Peekskill: Here's His Sentence DNA Helps Implicates Man In 2 Sexual Assaults In Peekskill: Here's His Sentence
DNA Helps Implicates Man In 2 Sexual Assaults In Peekskill: Here's His Sentence A 43-year-old Northern Westchester man who was implicated in an attempted sexual assault after his DNA was collected from a cup he drank from following his arrest for a separate rape case will spend more than a decade in prison.  Peekskill resident Cristian Panza was sentenced to 16 years in state prison in connection with his rape of a woman in 2021 and his attempted rape of another victim in 2018, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, Nov. 14.  According to the DA's Office, Panza was implicated in the 2018 incident after drinking from…