NEW YORK CITY — A girl has been charged within the dying of a New York Metropolis superintendent reportedly killed whereas making an attempt to gather late lease.
Sandra Coto Navarro, 48, is charged with homicide, tampering with bodily proof and felony possession of weapon in connection to the dying. She had handcuffs round her wrists and a smirk on her face after being charged.
Neighbors at Navarro’s Queens house constructing had been shocked by the allegations she is now going through.
“She was at all times candy truthfully. She was very, very candy. I am just a bit stunned by this complete factor,” one neighbor stated.
Authorities imagine the superintendent, recognized as 55-year-old Jose Portillo, was struck over the top and stabbed within the neck and leg.
Portillo’s physique was found in rubbish luggage and stuffed underneath a mattress Wednesday.
Officers say Navarro and her husband owed about $24,000 in again lease they usually had not paid in years.
Police say the tremendous’s employer despatched him to the house to gather overdue lease. That employer known as the police for a welfare test when he didn’t hear from the tremendous.
Surveillance video reviewed by police confirmed Navarro’s husband was at work all day. He obtained house 20 minutes earlier than police arrived and advised police the situation of the sufferer’s physique. He is not going to be charged.
The health worker stated Portillo’s explanation for dying was homicidal violence.
Individuals who stay on the house constructing on seventieth Avenue stated he was once the gardener after which turned the tremendous — he was a pleasant man who would cease to speak to individuals.
Many within the neighborhood stated they knew him and relied on him for years.
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