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Allegedly Abused Teen Questioned In Connection With Brooklyn Couple's Murder
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Nathan Tempey
Published Jan 4, 2016
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Police found a man and a woman dead in a bloody scene inside a Sheepshead Bay apartment on Sunday evening. An NYPD spokeswoman said that officers responding to a 911 from by a relative found the bodies of Rosie Sanchez, 38, and Anderson Nunez, 40, in a six-story Sheepshead Bay Houses building at around 6:30 p.m.
Nunez had been stabbed and shot and was found in the kitchen, and Sanchez had been shot multiple times as well and laid in a bedroom. Emergency medical responders pronounced both victims dead at the scene.
Police are questioning a 15-year-old in connection with the grisly slayings, according to the NYPD spokeswoman. The bodies had been lying there for several days, according to reports.
The New York Post, citing unnamed sources, said that the teen had confessed to killing Sanchez, her mother, because Nunez had raped her and Sanchez had subsequently refused to protect her from him. The girl said the abuse lasted for years, and she had an un-apprehended cousin's help in carrying out the killing, according to DNAinfo. The NYPD said the investigation is ongoing and it cannot release information about a possible motive.
"I can’t believe this because they’re always happy," neighbor Any Moya told the Post.
Update 4:34 p.m.: Police have arrested the girl and charged her with two counts of murder, as well as two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. The NYPD says the investigation is ongoing.
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