Elderly Brooklyn parolee found guilty of murdering, dismembering woman in East New York * Brooklyn Paper

"After roughly an hour of deliberations, a Brooklyn Supreme Court jury found defendant Harvey Marcelin guilty of first-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and concealment of a human corpse."

"Prosecutors said the victim, 68-year-old Susan Leyden, was last seen alive entering Marcelin's apartment on Pennsylvania Avenue in East New York on Feb. 27, 2022. Surveillance video presented at trial showed Leyden entering the apartment building, but she was never seen leaving."

"Additional surveillance footage captured Marcelin several days later rolling a wheeled shopping cart carrying a black plastic bag, according to evidence presented in court. In the early morning hours of March 3, 2022, police discovered Leyden's torso inside the bag on a Brooklyn street."

"Authorities later searched Marcelin's apartment, where investigators recovered additional body parts, including the victim's head and limbs. Detectives also found blood, cleaning supplies, a hammer and packaging from an electric saw, prosecutors said."

An 87-year-old parolee, Harvey Marcelin, was convicted by a Brooklyn Supreme Court jury of first-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence, and concealment of a human corpse. Susan Leyden, 68, was last seen alive entering Marcelin’s East New York apartment building on Feb. 27, 2022, but was never seen leaving. Surveillance footage later showed Marcelin rolling a wheeled shopping cart with a black plastic bag. Police found Leyden’s torso in the early morning hours of March 3, 2022. Investigators recovered additional body parts from Marcelin’s apartment, including the head and limbs, along with blood, cleaning supplies, a hammer, and packaging from an electric saw. A leg was found near a garbage can three blocks away, and footage showed Marcelin buying a saw and cleaning supplies around the time of her disappearance. The Medical Examiner determined death resulted from blunt force trauma and other injuries.

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