A monstrous Bronx mother killed her twin newborns in 2020 and dumped them like rubbish in a rat-infested alley — however was solely simply nailed for the heinous crime, law-enforcement sources informed The Submit.
Stephanie Castillo, 36, was lastly arrested on homicide prices Friday by NYPD cops after DNA tied her to the grisly unsolved slaying in Claremont, law-enforcement sources mentioned.
Castillo was the twins’ organic mom, sources mentioned.
She faces first- and second-degree homicide prices in each infants’ deaths, along with homicide with intent and manslaughter counts, in keeping with the sources.
Cops held Castillo within the forty fourth Precinct constructing, a number of blocks from the place the infants have been discovered by a constructing superintendent behind a School Avenue constructing in November 2020.
One new child was partially lined in a pet coaching pad, with obvious head trauma and his umbilical twine wrapped round his neck, sources mentioned on the time.
The opposite toddler, discovered 20 ft away, was sure in a black plastic bag with no seen accidents.
Each have been lower than 24 hours previous after they died.
Castillo had beforehand lived within the School Avenue constructing, sources mentioned.
She since moved close to the constructing right into a shelter, the place cops cuffed her Friday morning, in keeping with sources.
NYPD officers have been additionally assisted by Homeland Safety Investigations brokers in Castillo’s arrest.
The twins got the names Zeke and Zane by NYPD officers and murder detectives who later organized a funeral for them.
“I’ve by no means seen a case like this,” one detective mentioned on the time. “These have been two new child infants who have been full time period after which put in rubbish luggage and thrown in a rat infested yard.
“Their little our bodies had fractures. This has weighed heavy on each detective that has labored on the case.”
