Overview

• Miro, 34, pleaded guilty on Sept. 25 to second-degree murder in the 2022 death of her aunt, Ana Nieves, 56, in East Harlem.
• Under the plea, prosecutors say the promised sentence is 16 years to life in state prison, pending judicial imposition at the November hearing.
• Officers found Nieves unresponsive in her bathtub on Feb. 10, 2022 after a welfare check and an NYPD Emergency Services Unit entry to the apartment.
• Prosecutors report that a hammer, blood-covered clothing, and cleaning gloves were recovered from Miro’s bedroom, and that Nieves was bludgeoned.
• Court records indicate a cousin saw Miro visibly upset and holding a hammer on Feb. 9, after which Miro claimed her aunt wanted her out of the apartment; Miro was arrested on Feb. 13.