Overview

• Two suspects, Halley Tejada, 19, and Kensly Alston, 18, were arrested in Pennsylvania in connection with the murder of Nadia Vitel, 52, in her Manhattan apartment.
• Vitel's body was discovered in a duffel bag by her son; she died from blunt force trauma to the head.
• The suspects, believed to be squatters, fled in Vitel's vehicle, which was later found crashed in Pennsylvania.
• A separate incident involved the discovery of a 70-year-old woman's body in a garbage bag in a Bronx apartment, leading to the arrest of Inga Bearden for concealment of a corpse.
• The incidents have sparked concerns over squatters and violence in vacant properties in New York City.