People v. Vega
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Tom, J.
On August 18, 1999, defendant returned from work and sometime later, according to his statement, discovered his wife strangled to death in a back room of the apartment. The *241decedent, Johanna Vega, was found wrapped in or lying on two comforters that had been intertwined and wearing only a tank-top tee shirt and a pair of panties. Defendant, a weightlifter, worked as a delivery truck driver and loader at a fish market in Hunts Point in the Bronx, and had a 3:00 to 10:00 a.m. work shift.
Detective Daniel Withers was assigned to the homicide when the call came in on…
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