Teen squatters killed daughter of vacant apartment’s dead owner, stuffed body in duffel bag: Police

The apartment where Nadia Vitels, 52, was killed, allegedly by squatters occupying her late mother

The apartment where Nadia Vitels, 52, was killed, allegedly by squatters occupying her late mother’s unit. Inset: Vitels. (YouTube screengrabs/WCBS.)

The people behind the murder of a woman who was killed while checking on her late mother’s vacant New York apartment were teenage squatters living there illegally, according to police.

The U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force announced the arrests of Halley Tejada and Kensly Alston in York, Pennsylvania. The two murder suspects were taken into custody Friday morning on charges of receiving stolen property, the Marshals Service announcement said.

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