A 52-year-old woman was found murdered and concealed in a duffel bag in her late mother's Manhattan apartment, following a violent confrontation with squatters, NYPD officials reported on Thursday.
...Nadia Vitel, the victim, had recently traveled from Spain and was preparing her mother's vacant 19th-floor apartment on East 31st Street for a family friend to move into. Upon her arrival, she encountered two unauthorized occupants, a man, and a woman in their 20s, according to New York Post....
...Following the assault, the suspects absconded with Vitel’s Lexus, eventually crashing it near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
The NYPD was delayed in linking the car to the crime due to initial investigative oversights by Pennsylvania police....
So sad and won’t be the last of these stories if this swatting is allowed to continue.
Good morning, Jane!
I was trying to find details on that building and found this:
https://www.lowincomehousing.us/det/Securitad_I-10016-j4
It’s the building on the left to the cleaners. I’m trying to figure out how that becomes a 19 story building. May do a drive by on my next trip.
There’s a “Word Yoga Community” at that address.
Only a RE agent or management would know the mother passed away. This had to be an inside job letting the squatters in.