Two people have been arrested after authorities found a body stuffed into a duffel bag in New York City.
The individuals in the case were identified as Halley Tejada, 19, and Kensly Alston, 18, and were arrested by U.S. Marshals on Friday in York, Pennsylvania on a stole vehicle charge.
“The charges are related to the crash of a stolen vehicle in Lower Paxton Township, Dauphin County, on March 13,” the outlet said.
The car belonged to a woman in her early fifties named Nadia Vitels after her body was reportedly found last week stuffed into a bag and hidden in a closet.
Vitels had been in her late mother’s apartment in Manhattan, a place where no one had lived for the past few months.
Law enforcement officials believe that while the apartment was empty, squatters began living there.
The victim’s son got a text message from her phone late on March 12, but two days later, he asked police to do a wellness check and as he waited for the officers to arrive, he found a duffel bag inside the apartment.
“The son looked around and was exiting the apartment when he spotted a duffel bag in the closet by the door that had a coat on top of it — and a foot sticking out of it, according to the sources,” the outlet said.
“Vitels’ body was found inside, with blunt force trauma to the head, multiple facial fractures, a brain bleed and two broken ribs,” it added.
