83-Year-Old Trans Woman Indicted Over Killing and Dismembering Victim
The New York Times reports.The head belonged to a body found wrapped in a garbage bag in a shopping cart last week. A man walking past the cart discovered a torso after reaching into the bag, first feeling a roll of toilet paper and then the body, according to WNBC.Marcelin has been indicted on second-degree murder charges connected to the death of 68-year-old Susan Leyden.
She’s also accused of dismembering Leyden and concealing the body parts.She’s spent over five decades in prison for murder and manslaughter.
She was released in 2019.“Last week my Office charged Harvey Marcelin with allegedly concealing the severed head of a woman in her home and discarding the victim’s torso in a bag on the street.
Today, the grand jury indicted Harvey Marcelin for murder, and my office is committed to vigorously seeking justice. The facts of this horrific case are gruesome and unsettling and my heart is with the victim’s family and friends,” Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said in court Thursday, according to WNBC.Officials have not said how the two knew each other.
