The suspects, believed to be 18 and 19 years old, were captured in Pennsylvania.
2 suspected squatters in custody in Pennsylvania after woman found dead in duffel bag in ManhattanDan Krauth has the latest on two squatters accused of killing a woman in Manhattan.Two suspected squatters wanted for questioning in the murder of a woman who walked in on them living inside her recently deceased mother's Kips Bay apartment are now in custody.
Halley Tejada, 19, and Kensly Alston, 18, were wanted in connection to the brutal death of Nadia Vitels. Vitels arrived in the country from Spain last week to prepare the East 31st Street apartment for a family friend. It was owned by her mother, and had been vacant for the three to four months since her death.A struggle broke out and the victim was slammed against the wall and died of blunt force trauma to the head before her body was stuffed in a duffel bag.
Unfortunately, local police in Pennsylvania did not run the license plate until the day after the crash, giving the two the opportunity to get away.
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