A mum who k!lled new-born twin sons and dumped them in a rat-infested alley has finally been caught through the use of DNA.
Stephanie Castillo, 36, was apprehended on murder charges on Friday, July 25, following examination of genetic evidence.
The twins were given the names Zeke and Zane by NYPD officers after they were found in Claremont, a Bronx suburb, in 2020.
Investigators said new evidence revealed Castillo was their mother, sources said, according to the New York Post. NYPD
Assistant Chief Michael Baldassano said: “Our detectives had the funeral for these two children. Every year they had a memorial for these two children. They have never stopped caring about this case.”
Castillo has been charged with first and second degree murd£r charges in relation to both infants’ de@ths. She has also been charged with counts of murd£r with intent and m@nslaughter.
Renford Cole, 75, who found the boys’ bodies told The New York Post: “Oh man. This is really a big burden lifted off my mind, a big weight.”
“I’m so happy to know that they find the person because those were babies, innocent babies. I am going to sleep better tonight.”
Police on Friday led Castillo from their 44th Precinct building to where the children were found de@d in November 2020. One new-born was found partially covered in a pet training pad, having suffered apparent head trauma and his umbilical cord wrapped around his neck.
