Overview

• NYPD arrested 36-year-old Stephanie Castillo on July 25 at a Bronx homeless shelter, charging her with multiple counts of murder and manslaughter in the 2020 slaying of her newborn twins.
• The full-term infants, later named Zeke and Zane by detectives, were found beaten behind the Claremont apartment building’s courtyard and the Medical Examiner ruled their blunt force trauma deaths homicides.
• Detectives kept the case in public view by holding annual vigils and increasing reward offers despite a lack of witnesses and nonfunctional surveillance cameras.
• Investigators recovered a discarded soda can from Castillo, extracted her DNA through investigative genetic genealogy, and matched it to blood evidence at the crime scene.
• Castillo remains in custody awaiting arraignment and is expected to face trial in Bronx Supreme Court.