One way to get rid of squatters in NYC: turn them into fugitives!

So I think this story came into the news a week or so ago that a dead woman was found in her apartment in a duffle bag

But yesterday the nypd announced that they suspect that squatters were behind it all and are now looking for them

https://www.amny.com/news/kips-bay-squatters-murder-woman-duffel-bag/

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Two squatters in a Kips Bay apartment building who allegedly murdered a woman last week and stuffed her in a duffel bag before fleeing inside her car remain on the loose, police officials said Thursday.

According to Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny, 52-year-old Nadia Vitel had arrived at the vacant 19th floor apartment inside of 206 East 31st St. last week, which had belonged to her mother before she died. However, when she arrived, cops believe she was met with a horrific surprise.

“We believe that some squatters took the apartment over and this woman came home to get this apartment set up, and walked in on the squatters that were there,” Chief Kenny said.

Investigators believe the squatters, a man and a woman, had been inside the apartment for at least two days before she arrived. The unknown pair apparently attacked Vitel when she entered the home, killing her with blunt force trauma to the head.

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