Police in New York Metropolis arrested a girl for allegedly murdering her condo constructing superintendent, who visited her dwelling to gather overdue lease funds that amounted to tens of 1000’s of {dollars}.
Sandra Navarro, 48, is charged with homicide, tampering with bodily proof and felony possession of a weapon in connection to the dying of 55-year-old Jose Portillo, who was the superintendent of an condo constructing in Queens, WABC reported.
Authorities discovered Portillo’s physique in rubbish baggage and stuffed beneath a mattress on Wednesday, Jan. 15, after Navarro’s husband informed them the place his stays had been hidden. Police say he is not going to face any fees after surveillance video revealed that he was at work all day and arrived dwelling solely 20 minutes earlier than officers arrived.
Investigators realized that Navarro and her husband hadn’t paid lease in two years and owed $24,000. The constructing landlord despatched Portillo to the couple’s condo to gather the fee, however after he didn’t hear from him all day, he known as police for a welfare verify.
The medical expert dominated that the reason for Portillo’s dying was homicidal violence.
Tenants on the condo constructing he supervised remembered him as a pleasant and dependable man. He served because the constructing’s gardener earlier than turning into the tremendous.
Native information retailers recorded the moments Sandra Navarro was escorted from a police precinct in handcuffs with a smirk on her face.
A neighbor stated she was shocked that Navarro was accused of Portillo’s homicide.
“She was all the time candy, actually. She was very, very candy. I’m just a bit stunned by this entire factor,” the neighbor stated.
“This was a ugly homicide,” Queens District Lawyer Melinda Katz stated in a press launch. “As alleged, the defendant not solely murdered the superintendent making an attempt to gather lease, however tried to dismember the lifeless sufferer, wrapped his physique in black rubbish baggage and tried bleaching the world. Now, a life has been misplaced and a household is in upheaval as a result of the defendant allegedly selected to resolve a lease dispute with violence.”
A GoFundMe that was launched to assist pay for Portillo’s funeral bills has garnered a whole bunch of donations and is nearing its aim.
The organizer of the fundraiser wrote that Portillo was a “loving and caring father to his three kids” and was “the embodiment of what it means to be a faithful father and household man.”
“Identified all through his group for his unbelievable work ethic, he by no means hesitated to assist others in want. His best pleasure in life was caring for his household, and his loss leaves an irreplaceable void in all our lives,” the GoFundMe web page reads.
