The police revealed that mother found murdered and stuffed in duffel bag at home New York City In the apartment there were two squatters who beat the woman to death.
Nadia Vitels, 52, was found dead in the East 31st Street apartment in Kips Bay in Manhattan on March 14 after her family called the building’s concierge to do a wellness check.
The medical examiner ruled her death a homicide Friday after an autopsy determined she died of multiple facial fractures, a brain hemorrhage, two broken ribs and blunt force trauma to the head .
Now, the NYPD’s chief of detectives says the suspects – already believed to be a black man and a black woman both aged in their 20s – were squatting in Vitels’ apartment.
“We believe squatters took over the apartment and this woman went home…and stepped on the squatters who were there,” Kenny said.
Nadia Vitels, 52, was found inside the bag at the East 31st Street apartment in Kips Bay in Manhattan on March 14 after her family called the building’s concierge to do a health check. .
The two suspects were seen driving in a Vitels Lexus SUV around the time they believe she died and were even caught on surveillance footage that has not yet been made public.
Kenny added that the unique design of the “high-end apartment” meant they could have hidden from Vitels for a while.
“The apartment itself is very unique in that there is no front door leading into the apartment. You take an elevator, then you enter. The elevator is actually your front door,” Kenny told the New York Post.
Michael Medvedev, Vitels’ son, made the macabre discovery of his mother’s body upon his return alongside the building’s concierge, Jean Pompée, who had lived there for 22 years, although Vitels had not been seen since. 48 hours.
“As they are getting ready to leave, the son opens the closet door by the front door and discovers the duffel bag with a foot sticking out,” Kenny said.
While the suspects, one of whom has already been arrested, are still on the run after stealing Vitels’ car Thursday evening, police believe they are on the right track.
“Right now we have probable cause, we have two subjects, we have the regional fugitive task force actively tracking as we speak,” Kenny said.
The pair are believed to have crossed the George Washington Bridge into New Jersey before crashing Vitels’ SUV in Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania.
Her son, Michael Medvedev, remembered his mother as an intelligent, beautiful and adventurous woman during her funeral at Gutterman Funeral Home in Woodbury on Monday.
Medvedev said his mother loved his dog and adopted him when she was going through a difficult time in her life, caring for her sick parents.
NYPD officials didn’t receive the car’s license plate numbers until the next day, but they know the squatters immediately attempted to spend $1,000 on a replacement vehicle.
Medvedev remembered his mother as an intelligent, beautiful and adventurous woman during her funeral at Gutterman Funeral Home in Woodbury on Monday.
“I remember her showing me a gold medal she had won in high school in Russia, a medal of honor for being top of her class. This medal, for some reason, has always stuck with me. It made me proud to be her son and I wanted to win my gold medals to live up to her,” Medvedev said.
He said his mother left Russia for the United States to attend college in Oklahoma and play tennis, then moved to Miami for graduate school.
According to her LinkedIn profile, Vitels was a marketing professional who worked at Canon, Nokia and tennis star Maria Sharapova’s candy line, Sugarpova.
New York City Police officers were seen removing several bags containing the victim’s items from the building last week, including three suitcases and bags containing her clothes.
Her family told Medvedev that they hadn’t heard from her in a few days, so he went to her apartment to check on her and saw signs that something was wrong.
Medvedev said his mother loved his dog and adopted the puppy when she was going through a difficult time in her life, caring for her sick parents.
Sources said police are looking for two suspects, described as a black man and a black woman, both aged in their 20s, who were seen fleeing in Vitels’ Lexus SUV.
The medical examiner ruled her death a homicide Friday after an autopsy revealed she died of blunt force trauma to the head.
“He became her next obsession, her best friend, her man.” He was the only man she needed,” the son said at her funeral.
“This little puppy gave her the love she needed to get through the hardest times in her life.”
Pompey discovered that his dog was urinating all over the floor because he was unaccompanied, which was very unusual.
“They found a bag in the closet and said, ‘I think there’s a body in here.’ I kind of felt something was wrong, it seemed suspicious,” Pompee said.
He added that he saw signs of a struggle in the apartment because the circuit breaker panel, which he believes to be electrical, was damaged.
Members of Vitels’ family, worried, then called the firefighters who quickly arrived on the scene.
“Firefighters opened the bag and discovered his body,” Pompee added. “I didn’t look over and see the body myself, they just said there was a body in there and called the police. It was in the closet near the doorway.
“It was in some sort of little bag that you closed, like a soft case. I felt bad, you never want to hear about someone being killed or murdered.
According to her LinkedIn profile, Vitels was a marketing professional who worked at Canon, Nokia and tennis star Maria Sharapova’s candy line, Sugarpova.
Vitels recently moved into the apartment and her son said she was excited to move to the city.
The concierge confirmed there was another name on the lease for the apartment Vitels was in and said he had only met this person once and had forgotten what she looked like.
“Apparently she (Vitels) was subletting. I didn’t know she was going to move in,” he added.
Vitels reportedly moved into the apartment just days before his death and Medvedev said his mother was looking forward to starting this next chapter of her life.
“She is preparing to move to New York where she would conquer the world. She was so excited to move to town,” he said.