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Officials released an affidavit on Sunday detailing what they said happened in the final moments of the Bronx woman whose body was found inside a suitcase in Yonkers. NYPD Crime Scene Unit spent Sunday afternoon in Fordham Heights, where they collected evidence at the Morris Avenue building where 26-year-old Pamela Alcantara lived. Alcantara was reported missing on March 2. Her body was found on Thursday morning.
According to the affidavit, 46-year-old Junior Perez Diaz, Alcantara’s boyfriend, prevented her from leaving their apartment between 2 a.m. and 5 p.m. on March 2, which caused her to miss a phone call and a church event she was expected to attend. Officials said Alcantara was strangled and had bruises on her arm, neck, and head. Court documents show Perez Diaz left the apartment around 5 p.m. with a red suitcase with his girlfriend’s body inside. He then allegedly dumped that suitcase in a ditch along Sawmill River Parkway just before Exit 5 in Yonkers. Officers walked out Perez Diaz out of the 46th Police Precinct on Friday night. He is charged with murder, kidnapping and manslaughter.
His ex-wife, the mother of his two grown children, was among the screams being yelled outside of the precinct. She told News 12 she herself endured at least 5 years of abuse before the city helped her escape.