A case that had shocked the New York In November 2020, it is dramatically returned to the news: on Friday (25.07.2025), Bronx police arrested 36 -year -old Stephanie Castillo, who is accused of killing twin newborn infants She threw them into an inner courtyard of an apartment building in Claremond, northern Manhattan. It was identified through a DNA sample recently detected in a plastic glass.
At that time, the bodies of the two infants had been found in a dirty backyard full of rats at the College Avenue in New York. One of the babies was half naked, lying on an absorbent dog diaper, with craniocerebral injuries and the umbilical cord wrapped around the neck. The second, wrapped in a black rubbish bag, had no obvious injuries.
“We never forgot them”
As CBS reported, in 2021 New York police had organized a moving funeral: over 20 police officers accompanied the small white coffin with two infants, adorned with flowers and blue ribbon.
“Our police officers took care of these children from the first moment. Every year they returned here to honor them. We have never forgotten them, “said NYPD deputy Michael Baldasano.
BREAKING | Woman in Custody for Connection to Infant Twin Deaths
Police arrested 36-year-old Stephanie Castillo in connection to two infants found dead behind 1460 College Avenue in the Bronx in 2020. Stay updated and #ProtectTheWorld with Citizen. pic.twitter.com/9AYSKWcvTt— Citizen NYC (@CitizenAppNYC) July 25, 2025
75 -year -old Renford Cole, the man who had found the lifeless bodies first, said he was excited about the arrest: “I can finally sleep quietly. They were babies, innocent babies. I will never forget that day. At first I thought it was a doll. But when I touched the legs … they were soft. He was a true baby. “
Stephanie Castillo is now accused of homicide by intent (first and second degree), infant homicide and negligent homicide. Researchers speak of one of the most shocking crimes of their career: “Two elderly babies, thrown like rubbish. Their bodies had fractures. This has all marked us all. “