Background: Sandy Camille Perez is arrested in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania (WNEP/YouTube). Inset left: Troy Bailey (Williamsport Bureau of Police). Inset middle: Ronald Dailey (Rearick-Carpenter Funeral Home). Inset right: Alisha Seese (Sanders Mortuary).
A woman accused of helping her boyfriend cover up a double murder attended an event in honor of the victims and put herself “in the presence” of the victims” family members — including one who was scheduled to testify in the criminal case, authorities say.
Sandy Perez, 45, stands charged with kidnapping to facilitate a felony, receiving stolen property, destroying evidence, tampering with physical evidence, and obstructing law enforcement, court documents reviewed by Law&Crime show. On Monday, court records show, her bail was revoked — reportedly because speaking with family members of the victims at the “National Day of Remembrance” organized by local victims’ support group Angel Families Unite directly violated her bail conditions.
As prosecutors tell it, the main suspect and victims knew each other because of a once-shared employer — Lycoming Engines, a manufacturer in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. In January 2024, 57-year-old Troy Bailey allegedly shot and killed Ronald Dailey and Alisha Seese, both 37, with the help of 50-year-old Muhammed Davis, before Perez allegedly helped get rid of the gun used in the crimes.
Both Bailey and Davis were charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and kidnapping, among other charges, the Williamsport Bureau of Police announced.
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On Jan. 12, 2024, police learned from the families of Dailey and Seese that they had not returned from their shifts at Lycoming Engines. The law enforcement agency said the victims’ respective families were tracking their cellphones when they contacted police — tracking that led them to Bailey.
Seese, who was Bailey’s ex-girlfriend, had a protective order against him, police noted. Authorities continued to investigate their disappearances, and their efforts led them to the area of Ames Place near Terrace Place due to a report of shots being fired.
When they got there, they found a white SUV — with Seese and Dailey found dead inside from gunshot wounds.
“Through further investigation, police located video evidence that showed both Dailey and Seese departing work at Lycoming Engines before being forced into Dailey’s vehicle by two individuals and subsequently driving out of the parking lot,” the department said, claiming the two people were “later identified as” Bailey and Davis.
Bailey — like Seese and Dailey — used to work at Lycoming Engines, and he lived with Seese until December 2023 when she reported he was being sexually abusive toward others in their home, Scranton-based Fox affiliate WOLF reported. She is said to have subsequently broke up with him, demanded he move out, and obtained the protective order.
According to police, on the night of the victims’ disappearance, Bailey knew where Seese was going to be because 55-year-old Randall Johnson, the company’s security supervisor, told him her schedule. Johnson was later charged with stalking and hindering apprehension or prosecution.
Insets (from left to right): Troy Bailey, Muhammed Davis, Sandy Perez, Randall Johnson (Williamsport Bureau of Police). Background: Ames Place near Terrace Place in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, the area where the killings reportedly occurred (Google Maps).
About two months after Dailey’s and Seese’s deaths, Bailey, Davis, and Perez were arraigned in Lycoming County court, and all three were denied bail. Johnson was released after the arraignment on $50,000 bail, authorities said. Video from local ABC outlet WNEP showed Perez’s arrest.
By September, Perez had since been released on bail — and Angel Families Unite’s “National Day of Remembrance” began. She apparently did not show up randomly, instead being invited by a local church’s pastor after the church was asked to provide a singer for the event, per the Williamsport Sun-Gazette.
However, Perez was barred from speaking with family members of the victims as part of her bail conditions — with her electronic monitoring bracelet, which she adorned with the word “Queen,” serving as a reminder of her legal standing, NorthcentralPA.com reported. And family members of Dailey were reportedly scheduled to speak.
It is here that a disagreement over what transpired was in focus as Perez reappeared in court. She testified that once she was asked by the pastor to leave, she did so promptly, according to the Williamsport Sun-Gazette. But other people there cast doubt on this claim and questioned her behavior overall.
A member of Angel Families Unite reportedly testified that Perez was asked to leave several times but she refused, instead sitting down in front of a sign displaying information about the victims. Dailey’s sister is said to have told authorities that she herself wore a T-shirt in honor of her brother — and that Perez at one point told her she liked the shirt and that it was a good memorial shirt.
The judge ultimately found Perez’s testimony “not credible” and ordered her to return to the Lycoming County Prison.
Angel Families Unite appeared distraught over the situation, posting a lengthy apology on social media saying its “safe space was challenged in a way that brings deep sorrow.”
“An alleged accomplice, currently released on bail, attended our National Day of Remembrance as a singer, placing themselves in the presence of the family of their alleged victim who was scheduled to present testimony,” the statement added. “On behalf of our advocates we are wholeheartedly sorry and it is with our deepest sympathy that we apologize for the pain and retraumatization caused by this presence.”
“Out of respect for all of you the ceremony did not begin until the individual was not only removed but fully escorted off the premises. This was the reason for the delay in beginning the program,” it went on. “Our work has always blended criminal justice with therapeutic advocacy because both are necessary when facing the realities our families live with. Tonight that truth was clear.”
Perez’s alleged motive for her crimes is said to have been more than just helping out her boyfriend. According to evidence presented in court, she disliked Seese, and sent messages to the woman in the weeks leading up to her death making that clear.
“Keep my name out your mouth,” one message read, per NorthcentralPA.com. Another allegedly told Seese “he [Bailey] has a real woman in me.”
Dailey was a security guard for Lycoming Engines, his obituary states, adding that he “died tragically in his last heroic act.”
Seese’s life “was characterized by her profound love for her family, her children, and her cherished dogs,” her obituary says. “Her kindhearted spirit and thoughtful nature were a source of comfort and inspiration to everyone who knew her.”
