"A jury convicted 87-year-old serial killer parolee Harvey Marcelin of first-degree murder for beating a Brooklyn woman to death, dismembering her with a saw and then ditching her remains in and around his apartment, prosecutors announced Friday."
"Surveillance footage from February 22, 2022, showed Leyden entering the octogenarian's apartment on Pennsylvania Ave., after which she was never seen leaving it alive again. Leyden died of homicidal violence including blunt force trauma to the head, the New York City Medical Examiner determined at the time."
"With a reciprocal saw he bought from a Manhattan Home Depot, Marcelin dismembered Leyden, before packing her body parts into plastic bags, prosecutors said. Eight days after Leyden arrived at the apartment, Marcelin was captured on surveillance footage rolling a wheeled shopping bag containing a black plastic bag out of his apartment."
"Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, in a statement, called the slaying cruel and reprehensible, adding that Marcelin desecrated Leyden's remains in a manner that truly shocks the conscience. I hope Ms. Leyden's family finds a measure of solace in this guilty verdict, which ensures this defendant will never walk free again, Gonzalez added."
An 87-year-old serial killer parolee, Harvey Marcelin, was convicted of first-degree murder for the February 2022 killing of 68-year-old Susan Leyden in Brooklyn. Prosecutors said Leyden entered Marcelin’s apartment on Pennsylvania Ave. and was never seen leaving alive. Leyden died from homicidal violence, including blunt force trauma to the head. Prosecutors stated Marcelin used a reciprocal saw he bought from a Manhattan Home Depot to dismember her, then packed body parts into plastic bags. Surveillance footage later showed Marcelin rolling a wheeled shopping bag containing a black plastic bag out of his apartment. A passing e-bike rider spotted the bag nearby the following morning. Marcelin faces sentencing on June 10 with a maximum life term without parole.
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