Lengthy Island music instructor deliberate sister-in-law’s homicide for years: prosecutors

A sick Lengthy Island music instructor plotted for practically a decade to kill and rape his faculty coed sister-in-law – and even practiced the chokehold he would use, prosecutors stated Wednesday.

Joseph Horner, 27, repeatedly broke into the downstairs condo of 25-year-old Victoria Fort to take a look at “express pictures” of his spouse’s sister earlier than finishing up the grotesque June 28 assault, Nassau County prosecutors stated as they unsealed a homicide indictment in opposition to Horner.

“He adopted by on his plan that he admits he had been planning since 2017,” Assistant District Legal professional Alexander DePalo stated in courtroom. “He’s seen on video practising the chokehold that he would place her in.

Joseph Horner, wearing a brown suit and pink shirt, stands between two police officers during his arraignment. — Joseph Horner, 27, is arraigned in Nassau County prison courtroom on July twenty eighth for the killing and rape of Victoria Fort, in North Massapequa, Lengthy Island. Stephen Yang for NY Publish

“He positioned her within the chokehold, eliminated her clothes and raped the sufferer till he accomplished,” DePalo stated. “Then he waited for the police on the entrance doorstep, calm and picked up.”

Horner’s spouse, who had been away on a bachelorette journey on the time, sat in courtroom sobbing Wednesday, comforted by her dad and mom as her husband pleaded not responsible.

The accused killer, a music instructor on the Oceanside Faculty District, was ordered held with out bail by Nassau County Decide Howard Sturim.

Fort, a PhD scholar at Stony Brook College, lived downstairs from Horner and her sister within the North Oak Road residence in North Massapequa.

Prosecutors stated the accused killer lured her to her loss of life by asking her to assist him transfer a keyboard – however as a substitute ambushed her from behind and allegedly carried out the assault.

A smiling woman, Victoria Castle, looks at the camera, with a visible nose ring, necklace, and shoulder tattoos. — Horner allegedly plotted for practically a decade to kill and rape his sister-in-law, Victoria Fort. Victoria Fort / Instagram

Simply quarter-hour earlier than the alleged assault, Horner practiced the chokehold on a stuffed animal – and even took a FaceTime name from his spouse after rendering her unconscious, appearing as if every part was regular earlier than he proceeded to rape his sister-in-law, prosecutors stated.

“He answered like nothing was improper,” Nassau County DA Anne Donnelly stated. “He acted like he hadn’t simply left her sister mendacity on a mattress.”

Horner is charged with first-degree and second-degree homicide, and two counts for first-degree rape, and faces life in jail with out parole if convicted.