NEW YORK (TCD) — A jury convicted a 21-year-old man of killing his cousin, taking her money, and leaving her body in a storage container in the Bronx.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement Khalid Barrow was found guilty of “brutally killing his cousin Nisaa Walcott and concealing her body for days while he stole her money, used her apartment, and tricked her young child to cover his tracks.”
Court records show a jury also convicted Barrow of concealment of a corpse.
According to NBC New York, a man discovered 35-year-old Walcott’s body in a container, which had been placed on the sidewalk across the street from a storage facility.
Surveillance footage reportedly showed Barrow going to Walcott’s apartment, then leaving with a large storage container. A second person was also seen helping Barrow move the bin and take it to the location in the Bronx. Barrow allegedly sent text messages pretending to be Walcott, which raised alarms with her family. Â Police arrested Barrow not long after officials found her body.
NBC New York reports Walcott is survived by her teenage son and other relatives.
Bragg said following the verdict, “Her death left a hole in her family that can never be filled, and my heart goes out to her loved ones. I thank the members of the jury for the time and attention they paid to the evidence in this deeply disturbing case.”
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