Video captured some extraordinarily tense moments in Washington Heights, the place family members of a lady crushed to demise in her condo confronted the person arrested for her homicide.
Police escorted 41-year-old Tiliek Thompson out of the precinct on Saturday to screams from the household of 27-year-old Lovay Williams.
The Harlem man was arrested, practically per week after Williams’ physique was discovered, and booked on expenses of homicide, strangulation and little one abandonment. Contact data for his lawyer was not instantly identified.
In Washington Heights, police are investigating after a lady was discovered crushed to demise inside her condo. Officers stated they’re searching for a person they imagine to be her ex. NBC New York’s Charles Watson reviews.
Final Sunday, police had been conducting a wellness verify on Williams once they discovered the mom crushed to demise inside her house close to Amsterdam Avenue and West 156th Road.
Regulation enforcement sources stated the lady’s little one, believed to be round 5 years previous, was current throughout what they stated regarded like a home incident.
Neighbors stated a thriller particular person was seen leaving the sufferer’s unit again and again, holding plastic baggage. It wasn’t clear if police imagine that particular person was Thompson.
Williams was a reserved particular person, based on her neighbors, and was at all times accompanied by her younger daughter, who was seen leaving the condo constructing with law enforcement officials.
“It is very distressing for a kid that age to see one thing so horrible occur proper earlier than their eyes,” stated Anthony Sanchez, a neighbor.
These accustomed to the mom and daughter’s case, like Luz Perez, stated they cannot assist however really feel compassion for the sufferer and her daughter, who’s now residing a heartbreaking actuality.
“I hope they discover him. That poor lady misplaced her mom, and that is very unhappy. She should not must undergo that at such a younger age,” stated Luz Perez.
