NEW YORK — The New York Police Department says it has arrested two men in connection with the murder of a gay man earlier this year in his Queens apartment.
David Rangel
Police say Elijah Agyepong of the Bronx was arrested Thursday and charged with first-degree murder.
Cecil Golden of the Bronx was arrested a day earlier and also charged with first-degree murder. He was additionally charged with criminal possession of stolen property.
The victim, David Rangel, 53, was found dead on Jan. 26. His body was discovered stuffed under his couch in his apartment in Jackson Heights, Queens.
An autopsy by the city medical examiner found that Rangel had been choked to death. Police said at the onset of the investigation that they believed Rangel may have met his assailant online.
Rangel taught Spanish to seventh and eighth graders at the Paul Klapper School in Flushing, N.Y.
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Shawn, glad you’re not in Jackson Heights anymore!
im so sick of hearing about gays seems like gays are like cockroaches mutating everywhere ugh where is the straight people anymor
Yikes!!! That place was a shit hole and I’m glad I got outta there. The WORST place I ever lived.
@ Cherry I agree O.O.. it’s ridiculous, people don’t seem to remember racism/segregation, etc… People can be sick… and It’s sad ;/
Cherry Red, shut the fuck up. You stupid twit.
Honestly can’t believe you just asked where the straight people are in this world.. were you fucking created in a laboratory?
I hope you two are just joking around.
I’m going to vomit, if you aren’t.
hey cherry they r humans u asshole
Cherry Red, why are you on this page if you don’t like those who are gay? At least, keep with those who share your views instead of here where such comments are not welcome. But I won’t bother disproving your point, since you wouldn’t even begin to understand.
jessica u can stfu too
was it the two men who murdured the gay activist by hitting him in the head with a metal pole ?
great job