18-year-old woman is accused of murdering a man whose body was found wrapped in plastic on the roof of McDonald’s in the Bronx.
- Ayame Stamoulis, 18, was arrested Thursday and charged with murder.
- His alleged victim Richard Hamlet was found wrapped in plastic and a U-haul blanket on the roof of a McDonald’s in the Bronx on Wednesday morning.
- Police are looking for two other male suspects in the horrific murder
- The group is believed to have broken into Hamlet’s department in a robbery.
- They tortured and killed Hamlet after finding him inside
- The killers allegedly forced him to drink a caustic liquid and drowned him.
- Hamlet’s body was wrapped and thrown out the window.
- The other suspects have yet to be named.
New York police arrested a woman Thursday after a man’s body was found wrapped in plastic on the roof of a McDonald’s in the South Bronx.
Ayame Stamoulis, 18, of Brooklyn, was charged with murder for the horrifying murder of Richard Hamlet earlier this week, who was tortured before his remains were thrown from his apartment window.
A maintenance worker discovered Hamlet’s body covered by a heavy U-haul blanket and placed it in a plastic bag early Wednesday morning, but police believe it could have been on the roof for several days.
Officers are looking for two other male suspects who are believed to have been involved in the failed robbery and torture.
Richard Hamlet was found dead in a plastic bag and covered with a heavy U-Haul blanket on Wednesday morning. Ayame Stamoulis, 18, has been arrested for her murder.
Richard Hamlet’s body was found on the roof of a McDonald’s in the South Bronx, New York.
When officers arrived at the location of the fast food restaurant at 279 East 149th Street around 6 a.m.Wednesday, they discovered that the victim was “ unconscious and insensitive. ”
EMS responded to the scene in the Melrose neighborhood and spoke to the dead man at the scene.
WABC video footage showed them evaluating the scene and removing evidence before carefully dismounting the body.
The remains were later identified as Hamlet, which police now believe was the victim of a robbery that went wrong.
Police say Stamoulis and the two men broke into Hamlet’s first-floor apartment on E 149th St. in Melrose in what appears to have been an attempted robbery, according to ABC 7 NY.
However, the group found Hamlet still in his apartment and proceeded to beat him up.
Then they allegedly forced him to drink a caustic liquid and drowned him.
Hamlet’s body was wrapped in plastic and blanket and thrown from the window onto the roof of McDonald’s next door.
The other two suspects have yet to be named as the investigation continues.
Stamoulis has been charged with murder, manslaughter, and gang assault, robbery, and other crimes, according to the New York Daily News.
EMS declared Hamlet dead at the scene. He is believed to have been tortured before his death.
Investigators analyze the scene on Wednesday morning after the discovery at 6 am
The discovery came a day after the body of a tech millionaire was discovered beheaded in his Manhattan apartment.
Fahim Saleh, 33, born in Saudi Arabia and whose family comes from Bangladesh, was found dismembered. He grew up in New York and lived in Manhattan.
Authorities discovered an electric saw at the scene.
Saleh ran a motorcycle company in Nigeria, but it was banned by the government.
His former personal assistant Tyrese Devon Haspil, 21, has been arrested for his murder.
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