Posted on 11/12/2006 12:25:15 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
'KILLER'S' UNDERWORLD'
ACTRESS SLAY' ILLEGAL LIVED IN BASEMENT DEN
By HEATHER GILMORE and DOUGLAS MONTERO
November 12, 2006 -- Diego Pillco, the teen accused of killing indie-film actress Adrienne Shelly for fear he would be deported, lived in hiding with his illegal-immigrant relatives in a basement boiler-room hovel owned by their construction boss.
Access to the dungeonlike lair the 19-year-old shared with his brother Wilson and cousin in Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn, is hidden behind the main stairs of a three-story brick apartment building. A small door leads to narrow plywood steps and the windowless underground home.
Placed around the dingy space last week were a pair of dusty construction boots, a collection of religious icons, bottles of Crown Royal whiskey, pirated soft-core porn, Spanish horror DVDs - and receipts for money wired back home to Ecuador.
A living room is set up in the boiler room, and there are two makeshift bedrooms, a kitchen area and a bathroom.
The three worked for their landlord, Luis Hernandez, owner of the BCG construction company, who charged them about $100 each per month for their three dim rooms. He docked their pay for the rent money, neighbor Frank Diaz said.
Pillco was arrested Monday and charged with second-degree murder.
He was working for Hernandez on Nov. 1, renovating a West Village apartment, when Shelly, who also wrote and directed and had an office in the building, complained about the noise.
She threatened to call the cops, and Pillco, fearing his illegal status would be discovered, followed her to her upstairs apartment and knocked her to the ground, police said.
Thinking the blow had killed her, Pillco hanged Shelly by a bedsheet from the shower rod to conceal the murder as a suicide, police said.
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Been reading a lot about this lately. I guess this story has legs. When someone ordinary get killed by illegals, I seldom hear about it.
That's true. Illegals are raping, robbing and murdering ordinary Americans every day of the week. The Lieberal media wants to cover it up. They want you to believe the Big Lie that illegals just here to "share in the American dream." Too many of them are creating an American nightmare.
That's true. Illegals are raping, robbing and murdering ordinary Americans every day of the week. The Lieberal media wants to cover it up. They want you to believe the Big Lie that illegals are just here to "share in the American dream." Too many of them are creating an American nightmare.
Does anyone else strongly resent the fact that George W. Bush and his OBL buddies CONTINUE TO INSIST ON AMNESTY and put illegal aliens ahead of Americans??
Illegal aliens cost America billions of dollars every year, they're sucking the middle class dry. They're overloading our schools and closing our emergency rooms. OTHER than farmworkers, they're taking jobs away from Americans. They're filling our courts and our prisons.
DON'T WE HAVE A VOTE IF WE WANT THEM HERE OR NOT??
Sounds good. Now, if he'll get into office and effect that.
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This pig is the landlord and employer of the teen killer. This critter is most likely a legal immigrant who makes big money hiring illegal immigrants. This fat pig says "America has been very very good to me!!"
50% or less
Good chance the Pelosis hire 'non-documented' workers.
It's a lock!!!
About 75% of Americans are unhappy about it.
OTHER than farmworkers, they're taking jobs away from Americans.
Get rid of welfare and phony disability and there would be plenty of farm workers.
Don't we have a vote if we want them here or not??
Apparently not.
First post and you're using it to demand tolerance towards criminals? M-kay.
I dont really even care what the Statue of Liberty says anyway. It was written, I believe by a French guy and so is just some guys idea of what we should do. I'm not impressed by what the French have done with France....
susie
If I break into your house, do you think it's OK for me to live there? After all, I'm seeking a better future. By the way. What are the immigration policies in Equador? If I break into their country, will they let me stay there and collect government benefits and to take jobs from citizens of Equador? I doubt it.
Bttt!
That's nice. If you're legal, I hope that one day you can drop the "WE Immigrants" bit.
Though I doubt you will.
Oh yeah, why wasn't this Hernandez jerk arrested? He should be arrested and his assets seized according to the law that covers harboring and transporting illegal aliens.
His sock puppets were just voted out of a congressional majority. Yeah, I'd say a lot a people strongly resent GWB's amnesty.
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