Chad Irish of Kips Bay is accused of murdering Yazmeen Williams, prosecutors say.
Police received reports of a suspicious package with a foul smell outside a building in Kips Bay and made the grisly discovery around 5 p.m. Fridaylast week had been seen alive, on surveillance video, throwing out trash in her apartment building late last month -- but she was never seen leaving the floor, according to a criminal complaint obtained Thursday.
Yazmeen Williams was spotted in her East 28th Street building in Kips Bay around 1:45 p.m. on June 30. She had been wearing black shorts and black high-top sneakers with a white sole. The complaint says she wasn't seen leaving the floor via the elevator or the stairwell. It also says she was never seen on video leaving the building itself prior to the discovery of her body on July 5.Four days prior to that, on the evening of June 26, prosecutors allege surveillance video shows Williams in a hallway arguing with a man who appears to be seated in a wheelchair just inside an apartment. He allegedly says,"I will shoot you," according to the complaint.
The 55-year-old Irish also is accused of weapon possession in this case, according to police. He was remanded following his arraignment Thursday. He denied wrongdoing when asked by reporters on his way to court if he committed any.Irish was recently paroled in 2022 after a conviction on robbery charges. This isn't the first time he's faced a murder charge: Investigators said he allegedly blew up a house as his uncle walked inside in 1994.in connection with Williams' death.
"How inhumane — you're dragging down the block somebody's daughter," New York City Mayor Eric Adams said at a press conference Tuesday."He should be lucky that the police got him before that. Be lucky that the police got him before that community.""He’s disgusting…he looks like scum," said Williams."They were angry. He...threw my daughter in a garbage bag.
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