A Brooklyn woman was convicted on Tuesday in the killing and dismemberment of a neighbour whose remains were discarded on Long Island. A Suffolk County jury took only a few hours to convict the woman, Leah Cuevas, of second-degree murder of Guyanese, Chinelle Latoya Thompson Browne, according to a report by Newsday.
Prosecutors said Cuevas killed Browne, 28, in a dispute over rent and utility payments in the summer of 2014. Browne was renting a room from Cuevas.
Some of Browne’s remains were found in an abandoned lot in Bay Shore. Her head and arms were found days later in three different locations about 25 miles away in Hempstead.
Trial testimony detailed the discovery of Browne’s blood inside Cuevas’s Brooklyn apartment. Prosecutors said Browne was stabbed 39 times. (NY Times and Newsday)