Long Island authorities on Monday identified two dismembered bodies scattered throughout the area, the New York Post reported Monday.
Suffolk County Police identified the victims as Donna R. Connealy, 59, and Malcolm Craig Brown, 53. Ms. Conely and Ms. Brown lived together and had a close relationship. according to to the New York Post. Brown was related to one of the suspects who was arrested on suspicion of hiding a body.
The victims’ dismembered bodies were found in different locations on February 29 and March 1, the New York Post reported. It was previously reported that a girl had found a human arm in the bushes and further body parts, including a woman’s head, had been found. Police linked them to Conely and Brown, but are awaiting additional medical confirmation of Brown, according to the New York Post.
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Four people, Stephen Brown, Jeffrey McKee, Amanda Wallace and Alexis Nieves, were charged with concealing and tampering with human remains. The suspects have not yet been charged with murder and are being monitored with ankle bracelets due to bail restrictions, the New York Post reported. (Related: Police arrest multiple suspects after finding body tied to previously found body, sources say)
“He was our youngest brother. He wasn’t perfect, but no one deserves such a brutal ending, especially at the hands of a cousin,” said Colleen, Malcolm’s sister. Brock said. Said ABC 7. She recognized Stephen as one of their cousins.
Charles Williams, Malcolm’s brother, said: “Our family is saddened by the loss of our brother. Stephen is a cousin and we should recognize the pain that his parents and his mother, my aunt, are enduring. , and yet he remains silent,” Malcolm’s brother Charles Williams said, ABC7 reported. . “It’s absurd for four people to kill two people and then just walk away.”
The suspect’s release sparked criticism, especially among Republican lawmakers on Long Island, ABC 7 reported. A new bill was proposed Friday that would make concealing or disfiguring a human body a Class E felony and subject to bail consideration.
“The mental ability and depravity of dismembering a human or dead corpse and reintegrating it back into society is simply outrageous,” New York Republican Sen. Anthony Palumbo said in a statement, according to ABC. 7.
