A 64-year-old man was indicted on murder charges in connection to a nearly 30-year cold case involving the deaths of a mother and daughter in their New York City apartment.
A 64-year-old man was indicted on murder charges in connection to a nearly 30-year cold case involving the deaths of a mother and daughter in their New York City apartment, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Thursday.
Larry Atkinson was indicted for for strangling 57-year-old Sarah Roberts, who suffered from emphysema, and her 26-year-old daughter Sharon, who had a disability, in their Morningside Heights apartment in February 1994, Bragg said.A 64-year-old man was indicted on murder charges in connection to a nearly 30-year cold case involving the deaths of a mother and daughter in their New York City apartment, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Thursday.
Larry Atkinson was indicted for for strangling 57-year-old Sarah Roberts, who suffered from emphysema, and her 26-year-old daughter Sharon, who had a disability, in their Morningside Heights apartment in February 1994, Bragg said, adding that the indictment came after DNA testing performed last year lead to Atkinson's arrest last month.
According to Bragg, citing court documents and statements made, on the evening of Feb. 20, 1994, a home attendant, who was dating Atkinson at the time, entered the Roberts’ apartment which was located in NYCHA’s Grant Houses and discovered both women dead.Sharon was allegedly found with the tube from her mother’s oxygen tank and a pair of leggings tied around her neck.
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