Valerie Reyes.Photo: Greenwich PoliceThe ex-boyfriend of the 24-year-old woman whosebody was found stuffed in a suitcaseon the side of the road in Greenwich, Connecticut, last week, has been arrested for allegedly killing her, PEOPLE confirms.Javier DeSilva, 24, was arrested in Queens Monday night for allegedly murdering Valerie Reyes, 24, of New Rochelle, New York, Greenwich Police Capt. Robert Berry said at a press conference Tuesday.DeSilva “is charged with one count of kidnapping resulting in death, which carries a sentence of death or life imprisonment,” Nicholas Biase, a spokesman for the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York confirms to PEOPLE.DeSilva was arrested after he fraudulently used an ATM card belonging to the victim,Valerie Reyes,Berry said.Investigators “saw continued ATM activity and that’s what zeroed us in,” Berry said.During questioning, DeSilva allegedly“admitted his role”in murdering Reyes, he said.Reyes’ body was found stuffed in a suitcase in a wooded area of Greenwich on Feb. 5.Her hands and feet had been bound, he said.Greenwich PoliceOn Tuesday, DeSilva appeared before a federal magistrate in White Plains whoordered him held without bail, ABC News reports.He did not enter a plea.He remains in federal custody, Biase tells PEOPLE.Autopsy results are still pending, say police.Eerie PremonitionsOn the night of Jan. 28, the last time Reyes’ mother, Norma Sanchez spoke to her daughter, the panicked young woman told her she felt scared that something bad was going to happen to her, theJournal News, local news station WABC andThe New York Timesreported.Reyeslived alone in a basement apartment in New Rochelleand suffered at times from anxiety and depression, WABC reported.Her ex-boyfriend had just moved out, theJournal Newsreported.“She was going on about how frightened she was in that apartment,” Sanchez said on Thursday, theTimesreports.During that call, Reyes was“very scared,” Sanchez said, theJournal Newsreports. “She just said, ‘I’m scared. I’m paranoid, mommy. I’m getting anxiety attacks.’ She was having a hard time talking.”• Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?Click hereto get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter.“I asked her, ‘Why do you feel this way? Was there someone at your house?’ I asked about her ex-boyfriend. And she said, ‘No,’” Sanchez said, according to theJournal News.Then she told her mom, “I feel like somebody’s going to murder me,” theTimesreports.During a Thursday night candlelight vigil for her daughter in New Rochelle, Sanchez, addressing the killer, said,“My daughter did not deserve whatever you did to her,” theJournal Newsreports.“My daughter was a good soul,” she said. “You will get caught.”Reyes’ funeral is scheduled for Tuesday.
Valerie Reyes.Photo: Greenwich Police
The ex-boyfriend of the 24-year-old woman whosebody was found stuffed in a suitcaseon the side of the road in Greenwich, Connecticut, last week, has been arrested for allegedly killing her, PEOPLE confirms.Javier DeSilva, 24, was arrested in Queens Monday night for allegedly murdering Valerie Reyes, 24, of New Rochelle, New York, Greenwich Police Capt. Robert Berry said at a press conference Tuesday.DeSilva “is charged with one count of kidnapping resulting in death, which carries a sentence of death or life imprisonment,” Nicholas Biase, a spokesman for the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York confirms to PEOPLE.DeSilva was arrested after he fraudulently used an ATM card belonging to the victim,Valerie Reyes,Berry said.Investigators “saw continued ATM activity and that’s what zeroed us in,” Berry said.During questioning, DeSilva allegedly“admitted his role”in murdering Reyes, he said.Reyes’ body was found stuffed in a suitcase in a wooded area of Greenwich on Feb. 5.Her hands and feet had been bound, he said.Greenwich PoliceOn Tuesday, DeSilva appeared before a federal magistrate in White Plains whoordered him held without bail, ABC News reports.He did not enter a plea.He remains in federal custody, Biase tells PEOPLE.Autopsy results are still pending, say police.Eerie PremonitionsOn the night of Jan. 28, the last time Reyes’ mother, Norma Sanchez spoke to her daughter, the panicked young woman told her she felt scared that something bad was going to happen to her, theJournal News, local news station WABC andThe New York Timesreported.Reyeslived alone in a basement apartment in New Rochelleand suffered at times from anxiety and depression, WABC reported.Her ex-boyfriend had just moved out, theJournal Newsreported.“She was going on about how frightened she was in that apartment,” Sanchez said on Thursday, theTimesreports.During that call, Reyes was“very scared,” Sanchez said, theJournal Newsreports. “She just said, ‘I’m scared. I’m paranoid, mommy. I’m getting anxiety attacks.’ She was having a hard time talking.”• Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?Click hereto get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter.“I asked her, ‘Why do you feel this way? Was there someone at your house?’ I asked about her ex-boyfriend. And she said, ‘No,’” Sanchez said, according to theJournal News.Then she told her mom, “I feel like somebody’s going to murder me,” theTimesreports.During a Thursday night candlelight vigil for her daughter in New Rochelle, Sanchez, addressing the killer, said,“My daughter did not deserve whatever you did to her,” theJournal Newsreports.“My daughter was a good soul,” she said. “You will get caught.”Reyes’ funeral is scheduled for Tuesday.
The ex-boyfriend of the 24-year-old woman whosebody was found stuffed in a suitcaseon the side of the road in Greenwich, Connecticut, last week, has been arrested for allegedly killing her, PEOPLE confirms.
Javier DeSilva, 24, was arrested in Queens Monday night for allegedly murdering Valerie Reyes, 24, of New Rochelle, New York, Greenwich Police Capt. Robert Berry said at a press conference Tuesday.
DeSilva “is charged with one count of kidnapping resulting in death, which carries a sentence of death or life imprisonment,” Nicholas Biase, a spokesman for the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York confirms to PEOPLE.
DeSilva was arrested after he fraudulently used an ATM card belonging to the victim,Valerie Reyes,Berry said.
Investigators “saw continued ATM activity and that’s what zeroed us in,” Berry said.
During questioning, DeSilva allegedly“admitted his role”in murdering Reyes, he said.
Reyes’ body was found stuffed in a suitcase in a wooded area of Greenwich on Feb. 5.
Her hands and feet had been bound, he said.
Greenwich Police
On Tuesday, DeSilva appeared before a federal magistrate in White Plains whoordered him held without bail, ABC News reports.
He did not enter a plea.
He remains in federal custody, Biase tells PEOPLE.
Autopsy results are still pending, say police.
Eerie Premonitions
On the night of Jan. 28, the last time Reyes’ mother, Norma Sanchez spoke to her daughter, the panicked young woman told her she felt scared that something bad was going to happen to her, theJournal News, local news station WABC andThe New York Timesreported.
Reyeslived alone in a basement apartment in New Rochelleand suffered at times from anxiety and depression, WABC reported.
Her ex-boyfriend had just moved out, theJournal Newsreported.
“She was going on about how frightened she was in that apartment,” Sanchez said on Thursday, theTimesreports.
During that call, Reyes was“very scared,” Sanchez said, theJournal Newsreports. “She just said, ‘I’m scared. I’m paranoid, mommy. I’m getting anxiety attacks.’ She was having a hard time talking.”
• Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?Click hereto get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter.
“I asked her, ‘Why do you feel this way? Was there someone at your house?’ I asked about her ex-boyfriend. And she said, ‘No,’” Sanchez said, according to theJournal News.
Then she told her mom, “I feel like somebody’s going to murder me,” theTimesreports.
During a Thursday night candlelight vigil for her daughter in New Rochelle, Sanchez, addressing the killer, said,“My daughter did not deserve whatever you did to her,” theJournal Newsreports.
“My daughter was a good soul,” she said. “You will get caught.”
Reyes’ funeral is scheduled for Tuesday.
source: people.com
