Two arrested after Guatemalan teen discovered useless on New Rochelle avenue
Two folks have been arrested, together with a 32-year-old man and a youngster, after a 15-year-old Guatemalan boy was discovered useless on a sidewalk in Westchester County.
Hugo Perez-Gabriel, 32, and an unnamed 16-year-old each face expenses stemming from the demise of Jonson Temaj, whose physique was left close to an intersection in New Rochelle early Thursday morning, police mentioned.
The 15-year-old got here to the US from Guatemala two years in the past and had been residing together with his uncle, Mynor Temaj, who was at work on the time of his demise and thought his nephew was in class, he informed CBS Information.
“I attempted to name him, after which he doesn’t decide up the telephone. And I attempted to name different pals and I ask whether it is true, they usually mentioned sure,” his uncle mentioned.
The youthful Temaj, whose different kin stay in Guatemala, had come to the US with massive hopes of beginning his personal enterprise sooner or later, his uncle mentioned.
“It’s unhappy,” he mentioned. “He’s a great boy, you recognize.”
The New Rochelle Excessive Faculty scholar’s physique was discovered nook of Charles Road and Washington Avenue round 6:15 a.m. on Thursday, police mentioned.
In accordance with police, Perez-Gabriel and the unnamed 16-year-old introduced his physique out onto the sidewalk from a close-by residence.
Temaj was taken to the hospital the place he was pronounced useless.
Authorities haven’t but decided the reason for his demise. It was not instantly clear whether or not Temaj knew the suspects.
Perez-Gabriel was charged Friday with concealment of a human corpse and endangering the welfare of a kid, whereas the 16-year-old was charged with concealment of a human corpse and second-degree possession of a cast instrument.
Police investigation into the incident stays ongoing.
