2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15
The mystery surrounding the cause of death for Valerie Reyes, a young Hispanic woman whose body was found inside a suitcase in Connecticut in February, has been clarified.
The 24-year-old girl, who had been missing since January 29 and lived in New Rochelle, NY, died of "homicidal asphyxiation," Linda Sylvia, spokeswoman for the state Medical Examiner's Office, told ABC News on Monday.
The autopsy results did not indicate whether the young woman died before being inside the suitcase.
Reyes' lifeless body was found on the morning of February 5 by a highway worker, who found the red luggage on an isolated stretch of Glenville Road in the town of Greenwich, CT, and immediately called police, he said. back then Robert Berry, captain of the Greenwich Police Department.
Valerie had been reported missing to the New Rochelle Police Department and was last seen on January 29 at 9 am Her family was informed of the identification last night. "Obviously, they are devastated by the loss of Valerie and we send them our deepest condolences," Berry reported.
On February 11, New York City police captured Javier Da Silva Rojas, the boyfriend of the 24-year-old victim, who is the prime suspect in the case, in Queens County. According to multiple sources, during a police interrogation the young man raised in Venezuela and of Portuguese origin broke down in tears, and confessed that his girlfriend had died after falling and hitting his head while they were having sex.
Da Silva then related that in the midst of panic he tried to revive the girl, but when he could not, he tied her hands and feet, and put her inside the suitcase and then hid her in a Connecticut forest.
The subject appeared that same month in a White Plains court, in New York, and since then he remains in federal prison without bail. Now he faces a federal kidnapping charge resulting in death and if convicted he could face the death penalty.
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