A migrant from Ecuador who entered the US illegally is accused of suffocating a year-old Syracuse woman on her birthday and then burying her body in a shallow grave in an upstate New York park, authorities said.
Jhon Moises Chacaguasay-Ilbis, 21, is charged with killing Joselyn Jhoana Toaquiza, a fellow Ecuadorian, after arranging to meet the victim for her birthday at his Airbnb in Syracuse on June 18, the Post-Standard reported.
The pair, who are believed to have attended elementary school together in Ecuador, were captured on surveillance cameras entering the rental property just before pm. Just hours later, Chacaguasay-Ilbis allegedly re-emerged with a limp Toaquiza draped across his back β with her arms and legs wrapped around him β before carrying her body to a park opposite the Airbnb. The accused killer was slapped with second-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse charges after eventually turning himself in to cops late Tuesday.
He was arraigned Thursday in Syracuse City Court, where he claimed, via a Spanish interpreter, that he had zero recollection of the alleged slaying because he was too drunk. He too was released due to a lack of bed space and ordered to appear in court next February. Jhon Moises Chacaguasay-Ilbis, 21, is accused of suffocating Joselyn Jhoana Toaquiza, a fellow Ecuadorian, on June 18 after arranging to meet the victim for her birthday at his Airbnb in Syracuse.
Jhon Moises Chacaguasay-Ilbis, 21, is charged with killing Joselyn Jhoana Toaquiza, a fellow Ecuadorian, after arranging to meet the victim for her birthday at his Airbnb in Syracuse. Metro Ecuador. You are viewing 1 of 3 images Previous Image Next Image.
