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Court throws out 1st-degree murder conviction in Bronx ‘Justice for Junior’ case
THE BRONX, N.Y (PIX11) — The Appellate Division of New York State Supreme Court on Thursday vacated the first-degree murder conviction of Jonaiki Martinez-Estrella, the Bronx man who was caught on video inflicting the lethal neck wound that killed 15-year-old Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz in June 2018. The appellate court ruled Martinez-Estrella must now be re-sentenced […] → Read More
Bronx burning car victim’s mom sits down with PIX11: ‘I never got to see her’
LOWER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (PIX11) — A tearful interview with a grieving mom in the Bronx burning car case revealed the accused killer, who was just arrested, used to hang out at her family restaurant on Grand Street. “When I saw the pictures of the two guys, I’ve seen the guys at the restaurant,” Amy Chan, the […] → Read More
Two more NYC club druggings ruled homicides: medical examiner
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — The Office of Chief Medical Examiner officially ruled Friday that Julio Ramirez, a social worker from Brooklyn, and John Umberger, a political consultant from Washington, D.C., were both homicide victims after being drugged while leaving gay nightclubs in Hell’s Kitchen last year. The cause of death listed for Julio Ramirez, 25, […] → Read More
Tranq ‘zombie’ drug bought for $1-10 a kilogram, retired DEA agent says
WASHINGTON (PIX11) — The former head of the Special Operations Division for the Drug Enforcement Administration testified before a congressional committee Wednesday that Chinese and Mexican criminal networks pumping synthetic drugs into the United States are a bigger threat to U.S. national security than terrorists. “Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, they’re not killing this amount of Americans,” […] → Read More
Wendy’s massacre survivor reunites with co-worker he saved
FLUSHING, Queens (PIX11) — Patricio Castro said he was moved to tears, when he finally saw the PIX11 News story from 2020 marking the 20th anniversary of the Wendy’s fast-food massacre in Flushing, Queens. The report featured his former co-worker, Jaquoine Johnson, who was only 18 when he was shot in the head during a robbery turned […] → Read More
‘A rising concern’: NY lawmaker on new skin-eating street drug ‘tranq’
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Leg wounds, swollen hands, and even missing limbs – these are just a few of the effects of the street drug “tranq.” Drugs like heroin and fentanyl are being mixed with an animal tranquilizer called Xylazine, and the dangerous combination is turning addicts into zombies. PIX11’s Mary Murphy recently traveled to […] → Read More
Missing Bronx girl, 14, left for school and didn’t come home: ‘This is unlike her’
SOUTH BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) – The parents of Stephanie Cornier, a 14-year-old eighth grader from the South Bronx, were appealing for information on her whereabouts Thursday. The teen left for school Monday at 8 a.m. and didn’t come home. “She’s very quiet and shy,” the girl’s father, Luis Cornier, told PIX11 News. “This is unlike […] → Read More
Widow’s husband called 30 minutes before NYC bike path killings
LOWER MANHATTAN (PIX11) — The widow of an Argentine bicyclist who was killed in the Halloween 2017 truck attack testified Monday that her husband, Hernan Mendoza, called her on Wi-Fi from New York City’s Meatpacking District 30 minutes before he was mowed down by a 6,000-pound truck. Her appearance came during the death penalty phase […] → Read More
‘You’re never going to find her’: Mom vanishes after meeting Bronx man online
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (PIX11) — When Lynn Kim left her Michigan home on New Year’s Eve 2022, her ex-husband and his sister tried to talk some sense into her. “Don’t go to New York and meet some guy you never met,” Nicholas Anderson recalled his sister saying. “They’re going to find you dead somewhere.” Within a week, […] → Read More
Grieving mom offers $10K to solve son’s Bronx murder
THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — Nicole Wynaar moved her two sons 60 miles north of the Bronx to Derby, Connecticut, in the spring of 2021. But her oldest son, Hednick, had a difficult time adjusting to the quiet. He spent the last few days of his life staying at a friend’s house near his old neighborhood. “I […] → Read More
Brooklyn woman likely brain dead after dragging by husband’s car, family says
WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn (PIX11) — The sister of a Brooklyn woman who suffered massive brain injuries early Sunday was pleading for witnesses to come forward to answer what happened to 22-year-old Jennifer Patino. “Basically, my sister — right now — is like brain dead,” Mayra Patino told PIX11 News Wednesday night. “She’s on a ventilator.” Mayra […] → Read More
New video surfaces of CUNY law student missing for 3 weeks
LOWER MANHATTAN (PIX11) – The brother of CUNY law student Jordan Taylor, who disappeared more than three weeks ago, said surveillance footage has turned up showing the 29-year-old walking slowly past the Goldman Sachs building in Lower Manhattan at 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 7. “He was walking past the Goldman Sachs building, heading uptown,” the […] → Read More
Sayfullo Saipov found guilty in NYC bike path killings
MANHATTAN (PIX11) — Sayfullo Saipov was found guilty on all counts Thursday in the 2017 Manhattan bike path killings of eight people. Saipov drove a truck along a Hudson River path on Halloween in 2017. He killed eight and injured about a dozen others. The dozen jurors deliberated for about seven hours over two days […] → Read More
Jury deliberations begin in trial of NYC bike path terror suspect
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A jury of nine men and three women began deliberations Wednesday in the federal trial of accused terrorist Sayfullo Saipov, 34, charged with using a Home Depot truck to fatally mow down eight people on West Street on Halloween Day 2017, leaving eleven others injured. The dead included five bicyclists from […] → Read More
NYPD offers $13K reward on 13th anniversary of Patrick Alford Jr.’s disappearance
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Patrick Alford Jr. disappeared from his Brooklyn home 13 years ago and the NYPD is offering a $13,000 reward for information regarding the case, police said on Sunday. The then-7-year-old boy vanished after he went to throw out the garbage with his foster mother on Jan. 22, 2010, officials said. The […] → Read More
Mangled bikes, shocking video at NYC trial of accused Halloween terrorist
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Prosecution evidence submitted at the trial of accused terrorist Sayfullo Saipov shows the mangled bicycles of tourists who were mowed down on the West Street bike path, along with video of Saipov being stopped by police with gunshots. Saipov, now 34, is charged in the Halloween Day terror attack in 2017 that […] → Read More
Long Island man who disappeared after New Year’s found in Medford, family says
EAST PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (PIX11) — The family of a developmentally challenged man from East Patchogue was relieved to learn Tuesday that Trequan Brame, 23, turned up in another part of Suffolk County. “He was at some girl’s house in Medford,” Brame’s aunt, Pauline Plummer, told PIX11 News. “She called us when he was asleep.” The […] → Read More
Police identify teen girl found dead near East River in Brooklyn
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Police have identified the 13-year-old girl who was found dead near the shoreline of the East River in Brooklyn as Jade Smith, officials said. The teen’s body was discovered near Brooklyn Bridge Park and Water Street around 8:30 a.m. Monday, according to the NYPD. She was pronounced dead at the scene. […] → Read More
Missing law student’s phone found in Hell’s Kitchen
KEW GARDENS, Queens (PIX11) — The family of missing CUNY law student Jordan Taylor was asking for the public’s help in finding him, after his phone was discovered on a street in Hell’s Kitchen early on Jan. 7. “Someone found the phone around 46th or 47th Street and handed it to police,” Taylor’s brother, Al, […] → Read More
Deaf, autistic woman missing since Dec. 23 found by sister on Manhattan train
LOWER MANHATTAN (PIX11) — A sister of Samantha Denise Primus, the deaf, autistic woman who disappeared just before Christmas, found Primus on the No. 1 train in Lower Manhattan Saturday afternoon at the Staten Island Ferry stop. “I lost my voice from crying,” said another sister, Genevieve, who confirmed to PIX11 News her 46-year-old sibling, […] → Read More